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The '''huay pek''' (witch-dog in Yucatec Maya) is a spectral dog in the folklore of Yucatan. [[Category:Mexican folklore]]

In the Hispanic folklore, '''Lechusa''' or '''la Chusa''' is a winged female figure resembling an ow [[Category: Mexican folklore]]

...[[vampire]] '''Tlahuelpuchi''' (plural tlahuelpocmimi) is prominent in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, with deep roots amongst the indigenous Nahua culture of [[Category: Mexican folklore]]

The '''hoga''' or '''andura''' is an aquatic monster in the traditions and folklore of Mexico. [[Category: Mexican folklore]]

In Mayan mythology and folklore, the '''Wayob''' or '''Wayob'''' (plural form - the singular in Yucatec May ...ey have passed into modern folklore in the Yucatán Peninsula, as huayes in Mexican Spanish, evil spirits or shape-changing sorcerers that prey upon.

...ions", "spirits", or "demons") are a class of obake, creatures in Japanese folklore ranging from the evil oni to the mischievous kitsune or snow woman Yuki-onn ...folklore to the point that some mistakenly believe it originates from said folklore).

...'' , is a rabbit that lives on the moon in East Asian folklore. In Chinese folklore, it is often portrayed as a companion of the moon goddess Chang'o, constant ...down to Earth to beg for alms. Strangely, the same rabbit also appears in Mexican mythology.

...''' was the Mayan god of wind, storm and thunder and a major deity for the Mexican indians that live below the Gulf of Mexico. [[Category: Mexican folklore]]

...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

...e Cuco was spread to countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Chile. In the Mexican-American community the creature is known as ''El cucuy''. Other names inclu In Brazilian folklore, the typical monster sung in children rhymes is [[Cuca]], pictured as a fem

...identified the different beliefs associated with nagualism in some modern Mexican communities such as the Mixes, the Nahuas, the Zapotecs and Mixtecs. ...an, Lucille, 1956, Tonal and Nagual in Coastal Oaxaca, Journal of American Folklore 69:363-368

'''La Llorona''' is a popular ghost in Latine America folklore. ...ears superficial resemblance to the sounds made by the kikik from Filipino folklore.

appearing in Northern European folklore and mythology In Southern Mexican and Central American myth, the

...epresent [[Satan]] in the form of the [[satyr]], a half-man, half-goat. In folklore, the satyr symbolized a man with excessive sexual apetites. The Black Goat Shub-Niggurath is the name of a French progressive rock band as well as a Mexican death metal band.

...g, but some specimens, possibly juveniles, are considerably smaller. Local folklore holds that the Tatzelwurm is able to defend itself by expelling poisonous f ...urm (apart from size) bears also some resemblance to an amphisbaenian, the Mexican Mole Lizard.

...extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction. ...mainly bite the victim's neck, extracting the blood from a main artery. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gai

...gends, based upon a number of similarities between the condition and the [[folklore]]. Porphyria cutanea tarda presents clinically as a pathological sensitivit ...groups on every continent including Caucasians, Asians, Blacks, Peruvian/Mexican Hispanics, Native Americans, Laplanders and Australian aborigines. There a

Famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera claimed in his autobiography that during a period in ...ember of one's own clan, ensuring immortality. Cannibal ogresses appear in folklore around the world, the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel' being the most immediate