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Church Grim

Origin: English and Scandinavian Habitat: Churchyards Behavior: Moderate Description:  A ghost of a big black dog. Facts:  Church grims oversee the welfare of a particular  church  and protects the  churchyard  from those who would profane and commit  sacrilege  against it.  It dwells in the churchtower or some other place of concealment, or wanders the grounds at night.  In English and Scandinavian folklore, when a new churchyard is opened it is believed that the first person buried there had to guard it against the devil. In order to prevent a human soul from having to perform such a duty, a dog is buried on the north part of the churchyard as a substitute.  In Yorkshire tradition, it is an ominous parent and is known to toll the church bell at midnight before a death.  They are associated with dark stormy weather . It often appears as a  black dog  but is known to take the form of other animals.  In Scandinavian folklore, o ther animals used to create the church
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Oude Rode Ogen

Origin: Dutch Mythology/Legend Habitat: Streets Behavior: Aggressive Description:  Oude Rode Ogen was said to have been a 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) black man who changed into a large black dog with fiery red eyes. In more recent times he has taken the form of a dark shadow figure with red eyes whose late evening appearance is usually followed by a menacing dog's growl.  Facts: Oude Rode Ogen  or  Old Red Eyes , otherwise known as  The Beast of Flanders , is a Dutch bogeyman or ghost  whose tales and sightings began after a true series of events . The legend of Oude Rode Ogen began in the Flanders region of Belgium in the late 17th century after reports of children who went missing and were believed to be victims of a cannibalistic shape shifter.  Witnesses claimed to have seen a large naked black man running away after trying to steal a young girl from her bed . He was shot at and seen to change into a large black dog. A homeless black man was soon found living near Nekk

Otso

Origin: Finnish Mythology  Habitat: Woods and forests Behavior: Moderate Description: A large woodland spirit of a bear.  Facts:  Commonly referred to as 'The King of the Forest' According to Finnish mythology, Otso was born on the shoulders of Otava, in the regions of the sun and moon, and ‘nursed by a goddess of the woodlands in a cradle swung by bands of gold between the bending branches of budding fir-trees.’  His nurse would not give him teeth and claws until he had promised never to engage in bloody strife , or deeds of violence. Otso, however, does not always keep his pledge , and accordingly the hunters of Finland find it comparatively easy to reconcile their consciences to his destruction.  Otso is called in the runes by many endearing titles as ‘The Honey-Eater’, ‘Golden Light-Foot’, ‘The Forest-Apple’, ‘Honey-Paw of the Mountains’, ‘The Pride of the Thicket’, and ‘The Fur-robed Forest-Friend’.  

Gashadokuro

Origin: Japanese Mythology  Habitat: Countryside Behavior: Aggressive Description:  Gashadokuro (translated to "Starving Skeleton") are skeletal giants fifteen times taller than an average person which wander around the countryside in the darkest hours of the night. Their teeth chatter and bones rattle with a “gachi gachi” sound, which is this yokai’s namesake.  Facts:  The Gashadokuro are created from the amassed bones of people who died of  starvation  or in battle, without being buried.   Soldiers whose bodies rot in the fields and victims of famine who die unknown in the wilderness rarely receive proper funerary rites.  Unable to pass on, their souls are reborn as hungry ghosts , longing eternally for that which they once had. These people die with anger and pain in their hearts, and that energy remains long after their flesh has rotted from their bones. As their bodies decay, their anger ferments into a powerful force – a grudge against the living – and this

Fossegrimen

Origin: Scandinavian Mythology Habitat: Water (Waterfalls) Behavior: Harmless Description:  He is a young and handsome looking man that sits at the base of the waterfall playing a fiddle.  Facts:  The Fossegrimen is neither good nor evil . The Fossegrimen is described as an exceptionally talented fiddler : the sounds of forest, wind and water play over his fiddle strings. The Fossegrimen is said to be willing to teach his skills in exchange for a food offering made on a Thursday evening. They enjoy 'fenalâr (smoked mutton) If the meal isn't sufficient, he'll only teach the supplicant how to tune the fiddle. If the offering is satisfactory, he will take the pupil's right hand and draw the fingers along the strings until they all bleed, after which he will be able to play so well that "the trees shall dance and torrents in their fall stand still".

Fastachee

Origin: Native American Mythology Habitat: Southeast Woodlands, Seminole, and Oklahoma Behavior: Harmless Description: A small dwarf with a sack. Facts: The Fastachee (or "Little Giver") likes to  provide acorns and medicine to people.

Bubak

Origin: Czech Mythology Habitat: Riverbanks, Cornfields Behavior: Aggressive  Description:  A tall being with that resembles a scarecrow. It is seen with a large sack.  Facts:  Basically the Czech Boogeyman Carries a sack to steal bad people (Namely children)  It lures its victims to their death by  mimicking the cry of an innocent, unprotected baby .  On the night of the full moon, the Bubak weaves clothes from the souls of those it kills and drives a cart pulled by black carts .