[[Category: Latin American folklore]]
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...Tunda''' (La Tunda) is a vampire-like monster woman in the folkore of afro-American community of the Colombian Pacific region.
...also shows up stories about the Deer Woman, another shape-shifter of North American natives mythology. [[Deer Woman]] is also a seducer of men, luring them to
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...em of this mythical creature. The legend of the Cuco began to be spread to Latin America by the Portuguese and Spanish colonizers.
The legend of the Cuco is widely used by parents in Spain and Latin America in order to make their children go to sleep. Parents usually tell s
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...a goblin-like creature that is found in the folklores of Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Philippines. The term may also apply more broadly to all so
...to the forest and causing them to lose their way home. Conversely, in some Latin cultures the Duendes are believed to be the helpers of people who get lost
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[[Category: Latin American folklore]]
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...''' is one of the fearsome critters, a group of legendary creatures in the folklore and traditions of lumberjacks during the 19th and early 20th centuries in N
..., Glawackus. "Gla" for Glastonbury; "wack" for wacky; and "us" as a proper Latin ending. It caught on like magic.</blockquote>
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In the folklore of Venezuela, '''la Sayona''' is the spirit of a woman that shows up only t
*Domínguez, Luis Arturo. 1990. Encuentro con el folklore en Venezuela. Editorial Kapelusz Venezolana. Caracas.
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...ome critters ''' was a collective term coined in early American lumberjack folklore for a variety of strange or frightening imaginary beasts which were said to
...nglish folklore). Fearsome critter stories have been collected by history, folklore and backwoods enthusiasts.
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The '''cucuy''' or '''el cucuy''' is the boogeyman of Latin American cultures.
...as spread to countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Chile. In the Mexican-American community the creature is known as ''El cucuy''. Other names include '''coc
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...''' (IPA pronunication /ka.ðe.xo/) is a monstrous dog from Central America folklore.
...rrible for several days, and then its body will disappear. Some Guatemalan folklore also tells of a cadejo that guards drunks against anyone who tries to rob o
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...ogy)|group]]. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is known as [[folkloristics]].
...als; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals. The [[Brothers Grimm]], Wilhelm Grimm|Wilhel
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[[Category: Latin American folklore]]
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...rmont is known as the Wampahoofus. Similar animals are part of Appalachian folklore, sometimes in the form of a breed of cow with mismatched legs.
* Cox, William T.; Illustrated by Coert Du Bois. With Latin Classifications by George B. Sudworth (1910). Fearsome Creatures of the Lum
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*[[Asmodai|Asmodeus]] ([[Persian mythology]], [[Jewish folklore]] and [[Christian demonology]])
*[[Chupacabra]] (Latin American mythology)
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===Superstition and the study of folklore===
...s of today's understanding, is thought to derive from the both meanings of Latin 'superstes' composed on super (over, beyond), -sto (to stand):
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...n her article ''The Green Man in Church Architecture'', published in ''The Folklore Journal''. The figure is also often referred to (perhaps erroneously) as "[
...s a decorative motif in and on many buildings, both religious and secular. American architects took up the motif around the same time.
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In [[folklore]], mythology and [[anthropology]], therianthropy can be used to describe a
...d at best, incorrect at worst, because they both break precedent and mix a Latin prefix with a Greek suffix. Other than lycanthropy, cynanthropy and [[ailur
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...nate with Italian ''strega'', which means ''witch'', and descends from the Latin word ''[[strix]]'', for a shrieking vampiric bird. Strigoi viu (plural: Str
*Folklore superstitions also says she can't be killed unless killed while she is feas
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..., the '''Chimera''' (Greek '':el:Χίμαιρα (μυθολογία)|Χίμαιρα'' (Chímaira); Latin ''Chimaera'') is the monstrous creature of Greek mythology classicaly fough
...cue, the remains of Demonite, Thunderon and Falkar were used to create its American counterpart, Troika. In Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger, Highness Duke Ura used t
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...an legend status. Chupacabra stories began to be released several times in American and Hispanic newscasts across the United States, and chupacabra merchandise
...st natives believe in the "[[mosquito-man]]", a mythical creature of their folklore that pre-dates modern chupacabras sightings. The mosquito-man sucks the blo
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