32 Monsters and Legends From Around the Globe to Haunt Your Domestic Dreams

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32 Monsters and Legends From Around the Globe to Haunt Your Domestic Dreams
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Douens

GRAGKED.COM DOVENS Faceless children with feet turned backwards that haunt Trinidad and Tobago.

The Jararcha

The Jararcha CRACKED.COM Halfman, half llama; the Jajarcha was once a Peruvian man who got cursed by god for commiting incest.

Bola de Fuego

CRACKED.COM This is the Bola de Fuego, a South American monster. A fireball with the shape of a human skull, it's attracted to prayers. If you want to escape it, you must try swearing at it instead.

The Mapinguari

This is the Mapinguari, the one-eyed Bigfoot of the Amazonian Jungle... Which some scientists suspect might actually be a type of giant sloth nowadays considered extinct. CRACKED.COM

The Tiyanak

A Tiyanak is a Philippine mythological monster that disguises itself as a baby crying for help in the middle of the woods. The Tiyanak turns into a monster when its lured victim is near, then goes back to being a helpless baby after killing its victim. CRACKED.COM

Yamata no Orochi

King Ghidora's multiple heads were inspired by Yamata no Orochi. Japanese legends describe Orochi as a dragon or snake with eight heads, which some scholars believe represent the branches of a winding river that was tamed for irrigation. CRACKED.COM

The Chinese Hopping Vampire

32 Monsters and Legends From Around the Globe to Haunt Your Domestic Dreams

La Ciguapa

La Ciguapa is a Dominican creature depicted as a beautiful slender woman with silky hair and backward feet. The legend goes that these women steal various things from the nearest villages such as raw meat, butter, and the occasional lonely man. They would lure these men with their beauty and passionately make love to the men which would kill them in the process. GRACKED.COM

Sundel Bolong

Sundel Bolong is the ghost of an Indonesian woman who was killed while pregnant and gave birth in her grave. The name, which roughly means a whore with a hole, refers to a hole on her back through which her baby crawled out. She exacts vengeance upon sleazy men by posing as a beautiful woman when she's not busy abducting babies or eating placentas. CRACKED.COM

The Ahuizotl

CRACKED.COM The ahuízotl is a Mexican aquatic dog with spiky fur and a monkey hand in its tail. It attracts its victims by crying like an abandoned baby, drags them into the water and eats them. Well...just its favorite parts like eyes, teeth, and nails.

Pangkarlangu

Pangkarlangu is a monster that Indigenous people in the north of Australia believe in. It's a huge, hairy and sharp-clawed creature that roams the desert, capturing and eating human babies. CRACKED.COM

Genderuwo

CRACKED.COM Genderuwo is a sleazy giant that terrorizes the people of Indonesia. Genderuwo is a gigantic hairy man who loves to seduce lonely women, especially those neglected by their husbands or who have recently been widowed. It uses magic to seduce these women and there's nothing they can do to resist a Genderuwo's advances. Other than to satisfy its insatiable sexual desire, a Genderuwo also seeks to impregnate these women who will give birth to more Genderuwos.

The Ittan Momen

We have Japan to credit for the Ittan Momen® The Ittan Momen is a sentient roll of cotton that flies around at night smothering people....to death. CRACKED.COM

The Grootslang

The Grootslang is said to have been a mistake by the gods. They made a dangerous creature that was strong, smart, and frightening. Half elephant Half snake Eventually the gods unmade them, but at least one grootslang is said to have escaped, and CRACKED.COM supposedly still lives in a cave in Richtersveld, South Africa.

The Pisadeira

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Popobawa

Zanzibar's Popobawa is a demon described as a bat-like creature with one large eye, but it can also appear in different forms. The Popobawa creeps into rooms at night where it sexually assaults the entire household, although it prefers engaging with men. Before leaving, it instructs its victims to tell others about the attack. If not, it will return. CRACKED.COM

Baron Samedi

BARON SAMEDI CRACKED COM The Deity of the dead in Haitian Voodoo, he is noted for obscenity, debauchery, and a love of tobacco and rum. Better stay on his good side, because if you're ill, he can either heal you, welcome you into the realm of the dead, or resurrect you as a zombie.

The Morrigan

THE MORRIGAN CRACKED.COM In Irish mythology, this Phantom Queen seduced the dying toward death. The Irish war goddess was a figure of the battlefield, taking the form of one or three huge crows, she rained fire and terror over opposing armies before eating the dead.

Mahaha

Mahaha Part of Inuit mythology, Mahaha is a blue demon that terrorizes the Arctic and tickles its victims to death with its sharp nails while giggling like a maniac. CRACKED.COM

Toyol

Toyol A toyol is a small green goblin with big teeth and a sense of mischief. These Malaysian supernatural spirits are said to be those of aborted or miscarried babies. They are kept in jars and used for minor crimes like theft, where they'll leave tiny footprints behind at the scene of the crime. CRACKED.COM

The Silverpilen

The Silverpilen In the 1960s, the Stockholm Metro bought new aluminum trains without any paint or advertising on them. They used these trains for test runs, but the public thought the trains looked derelict and no one took them. Soon, the legend was born that the Silverpilen (Silver Arrow) was a ghost train, and its station was an unfinished station called Kymlinge. It's said that you never get off the train alive because it gets stuck in a time loop and rides on forever. It's where the Swedish saying comes from: Only the dead get off at Kymlinge. CRACKED.COM

The Bunyip

The Bunyip One of the few Aboriginal spirit creatures that became part of popular Australian culture, the bunyip lives in waterways and will grab anyone who comes to the water edge alone. It is half-man, half-fish, covered in weeds and twice the size of a human. The legend of the bunyip was told to keep children away from the water, but for a long time Europeans who ended up in Australia believed the bunyip was an actual Australian animal, lurking in the waters. CRACKED COM

The Nuckelavee

Nuckelavee, Scotland's Devil of the Sea. The Nuckelavee is believed to have terrorized the seas of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of Scotland. The creature is a hybrid of man and horse, and is completely hairless and skinless. Its weakness was said to be fresh water, and the demon was blamed for everything from the loss of crops and livestock to epidemics that befell the islanders of Orkney. CRACKED.COM

The Kumiho

The Kumiho The kumiho (featured recently in Lovecraft Country) is one of Korea's biggest folk tale monsters and their interpretation of the nine-tailed spirit fox of Chinese and Japanese mythology. The Korean version, however, is devilishly dangerous, disguising itself as a woman to lure and eat men. The kumiho will also dig up graves to eat human flesh, and can consume people's memories to take on their form. CRACKED COM

The Boraro

The Boraro Also known as the Kuru-Pira, the Boraro is a nature spirit from the Tukano people in the Amazon. It's taller than humans, and its feet are turned backward. It hunts humans (especially hunters) and kills them by urinating on them and stoning them to death. It then chews a hole in its victim's head to suck out all the organs. GRACKED COM

El Coco

El Coco El Coco is a ghost monster from Portugal and Spain. It has a pumpkin head and can turn into a dragon. The monster came from the ocean to devour young women, but the men of the cities managed to kill it. When the monster's lore reached Mexico, it was used to scare kids into obeying their parents. CRACKED.COM

The Nightmarchers

The Nightmarchers The Nightmarchers are the spirits of Hawaiian warriors who roam the island at night. When they were alive, these warriors protected their sacred high-ranking chiefs, and if people saw them, they were killed. So the warriors moved their chiefs around at night to spare people from harm. You live, as long as you don't look at them. GRACKED COM

El Sombreron

El Sombrerón A goblin bogeyman from Guatemalan folklore, El Sombrerón is a short man who wears a large black hat to hide his gaze as he goes around braiding the manes of horses and the hair of young women with big eyes. Не will serenade a woman and feed her dirt, causing her to suffer from insomnia. The legend is said to warn young girls to be wary of stalking men who will only make their lives hell. CRACKED COM

Kuchisake-Onna

Kuchisake-Onna One of the more famous Japanese urban legends, this malevolent ghost was once a woman who was slit from ear to ear, leaving her with a gruesome grin. The Slit-Mouthed Woman came back as a vengeful spirit, appearing to travelers at night and hiding her mouth behind a mask or a hand fan. She'd ask them if she was beautiful. If they said yes, she revealed her gory mouth. If they screamed or flinched, she cut them from ear to ear. CRACKED COM

The Manananggal

The Manananggal An aswang from Filipino culture, the manananggal is a viscera-sucking monster that can shape-shift and split its body into two. It then grows bat wings on its upper torso before flying off to hunt humans, its entrails dragging behind it. It preys on sleeping pregnant women, and will appear to men as a beautiful woman before eating them alive. CRACKED.COM

Pinky Pinky

Pinky Pinky Hailing from a South African urban legend, Pinky Pinky is a half-human, half-creature with a grotesque claw that comes for preteen girls in school bathrooms, especially those wearing pink underwear. The legend seems to have originated from fears of sexual abuse and gender-based violence. CRACKED.GOM

The Nishi

The Nishi The Nishi or Nishi Dak (translated into Night/Dark Call) is a Bengali ghost who calls your name at night using the voice and sometimes the form of someone you know. It's regarded as an extremely dangerous spirit, because it lures its victim to an isolated location, far from home, where it kills them. CRACKED.COM

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