The International Guide to the Mythological

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...

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 . 

Origin: American Colonial Mythology Habitat: Forests, Woods, Behavior: Aggressive Description: Due to its nature, it has never been seen before. Some have reported it as furry and tall.  Facts: The Hidebehind is said to prey upon humans that wander the woods at night , and was credited for the disappearances of early colonial loggers when they failed to return to camp.  As its name suggests, the Hidebehind is noted for its ability to conceal itself. When an observer attempts to look directly at it, the creature can suck in and morph its body to  hides again behind an object of any shape or the observer and therefore can’t be directly seen.  The Hidebehind uses this ability to stalk human prey without being observed and to attack without warning. Once the person is killed, the Hidebehind drags the person back to their lair to be eaten. The Hidebehind enjoys eating intestines specifically. 

Origin: Japanese Urban Legend Habitat: Streets Behavior: Aggressive Description: A once before now hideous woman with a bloody smile carved into her face. Usually seen with a surgical mask over her face before she shows you what's underneath. Facts: Kuchisake-Onna was a beautiful woman who was found in bed with another man and her husband in a fit of rage took a large pair of scissors and carved a smile into her face from ear to ear. He then asked her, “Who will think you’re pretty now?” and decapitated her. Her spirit walks the streets of Japan and when you encounter her, she approaches you and says, “Am I pretty?” and if you say yes, she will take off the mask and ask again.  If you reply to her by saying, “You’re ugly.” she will kill you with a large pair of scissors and if you say “You’re pretty” she will carve a smile in your face to make you as ‘pretty’ as her.  However, if you reply by saying, “You’re average.” She will stop...

Origin: Arabian Mythology  Habitat: Inanimate Object (Lamp) Behavior: Aggressive Description:  A race of supernaturally empowered beings with shapeshifting abilities. They are often portrayed as having a demonic-like appearance, but they can also appear in beautiful, seductive forms.  Facts:  Djinn have the ability to intervene in the affairs of people . Djinn are self-propagating and can be either good or evil. They can be conjured in magical rites to perform various tasks and services. A djinni (singular) appears as a wish-granting “genie” in folk tales such as in The Book of 1001 Nights collection of folk tales.  The djinn are masterful shape-shifters, and their favored forms are snakes and black dogs . They also can masquerade as anything: humans, animals, ghosts, cryptids, and other entities such as extraterrestrials, demons, shadow people, fairies, angels and more.  They exist in their own realm, possibly a parallel dimension, ...

Origin: Slavic Mythology Habitat: Water (Rivers and Lakes) Behavior: Aggressive Description: A beautiful woman with long wild green hair like seaweed and pale (Slightly greenish) skin.  Facts: In Slavic mythology, a rusalka is something similar to the Celtic mermaids or the Greek sirens . They are beautiful young water nymphs who live in bodies of water and entice men into following them to a watery grave.  Known for living in rivers and lakes (Not seas like mermaids and sirens), they come out many times during the year, especially during the summer, and dance around the nearby woods. They can often be seen combing their hair or crafting flower garlands.  While lore often says that the rusalki could not completely stand out of water , some fiction works tell of rusalki that could climb trees and sing songs, sit on docks with only submerged feet and comb their hair, or even join other rusalki in  circle dances  in the field.  It is also bel...

Origin: South American Mythology Habitat: Mountains, Jungles, Woods, Forests Behavior: Aggressive Description:  They can take on the appearance of a beautiful woman but when changing into their true form, the most notable feature is their one leg terminating into a bovine-like hoof . They is described as possessing one breast, bulging eyes, catlike fangs, a hooked nose, big lips, and tangled hair.  Facts: Deriving from vampire mythology, the Parasola or "One foot" is a female monster from the jungle who lures men away from their companions and sucks the blood from her victims .  They can transform into other animals,  materializing as a large black dog or cow.  They often interferes with work by blocking shortcuts through jungles, disorienting hunters, and throwing hunting dogs off the scent of their game.  They is  usually regarded as protective of nature and the forest animals and unforgiving when humans enter their doma...

Origin: Peruvian Mythology Habitat: Rainforest Behavior: Aggressive Description:  A wrathful ghost that has never been seen. Facts:  This wrathful ghost is said to be condemned to wander the paths and undergrowth of the Peruvian rainforest, collecting the souls of explorers and travelers who die in the forests. It reveals its presence by doing a short but persistent whistling sound   to try and trick people into whistling back, and giving away their exact location.  If a potential victim is on 'good terms' with the flora and fauna of the forest, the creature will just scare them away , though it will kill them if they seek to damage the ecosystem .

Origin: Arabic Mythology Habitat: Desert Behavior: Aggressive Description: Half a human being; having half a head, half a body, one arm, one leg, with which it hops with much agility Facts: It's believed it can kill a person by just touching them and the person would be fleshless in mere seconds.

Origin: Norse  mythology Habitat: Graveyards/Gravesite Behavior: Aggressive Description:  They are d ead bodies usually swollen, blackened or dead blue skin, and generally hideous to look at. Their bodies are described as being extremely heavy. Facts: Draugar live in their graves, often guarding treasure buried with them in their burial mound, wreak havoc on living beings, or torment those who had wronged them in life. They are animated corpses — unlike ghosts they have a corporeal body with similar physical abilities as in life. Older literature makes clear distinctions between sea-draugar and land-draugar.  Draugar possess superhuman strength , can increase their size at will, and carry the unmistakable stench of decay.  They are also noted for the ability to rise from the grave as wisps of smoke and "swim" through solid rock ,  which would be useful as a means of exiting their graves.  In folklore, draugar slay their victims through va...

Origin:  Inuit mythology Habitat: Water Behavior: Aggressive Description:  It is a human-like creature that lives in the sea, with long hair, green skin, and long fingernails. The myth is that qalupaliks wear an amautiit (a form of pouch that Inuit parents wear to carry their children)  Facts: They use their amautiit to take babies and children away who disobey their parents .  Qalupaliks are said to make a distinctive humming sound ; therefore, they can be heard before they appear.

Origin:  Inuit mythology Habitat: Mountains Behavior: Aggressive Description:  This creature is described as a thin sinewy being, ice blue in colour and cold to the touch. Mahaha’s eyes are white and they peer through the long stringy hair that hangs in its face. This demon is always smiling and giggling.  Mahaha is usually seen with almost no clothing (always barefoot) on yet it never seems to be bothered by the cold. Facts: It i s a maniacal demon that terrorized parts of the arctic.  It is very strong . This cold demon takes pleasure in tickling its victims to death .