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49 chronicles

01

Sundel Bolong

The Sundel Bolong, a dread female ghost of Indonesian folklore — the spirit of a woman who died tragically or was wronged and killed, appearing as a

Southeast Asian · 08 September 2026

02

Genderuwo

Genderuwo

The Genderuwo (Gandarwo), a powerful male spirit of Javanese folklore — a large, hairy, ape-like humanoid of immense strength and lust who dwells in old

Southeast Asian · 07 September 2026

03

Wewe Gombel

Wewe Gombel

The Wewe Gombel, a ghost of Javanese folklore — a frightening female spirit with long pendulous breasts who snatches and hides away neglected or abused

Southeast Asian · 07 September 2026

04

Nyai Roro Kidul

Nyai Roro Kidul

Nyai Roro Kidul (Kanjeng Ratu Kidul), the powerful Queen of the Southern Sea in Javanese mythology — the beautiful spirit-queen who rules the Indian Ocean

Southeast Asian · 07 September 2026

05

Nightmarchers

Nightmarchers

The Nightmarchers (Hukai’po), the ghostly processions of ancient Hawaiian warriors and chiefs that march by night with torch and drum along the old sacred

Polynesian & Oceanic · 06 September 2026

06

Aumakua

Aumakua

The ’Aumakua, the deified ancestral guardian-spirits of Hawaii — the spirits of departed family ancestors who took the form of a shark, owl, lizard, or

Polynesian & Oceanic · 05 September 2026

07

Patupaiarehe

Patupaiarehe

The Patupaiarehe, the fairy-folk of Māori legend — a race of pale-skinned, fair-haired supernatural beings who dwell in the deep forests and misty

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

08

Roggenmuhme

Roggenmuhme

The Roggenmuhme, a corn-spirit and field-bogey of German folklore — the “Rye-Mother” of the ryefields, a frightening hag invoked to keep children out of

Norse & Germanic · 31 August 2026

09

Moss People

Moss People

The Moss People (Moosleute), the little forest-spirits of German folklore — a shy, grey, moss-clad race of wild wood-folk who dwell in the deep woods,

Norse & Germanic · 31 August 2026

10

Heinzelmannchen

Heinzelmannchen

The Heinzelmännchen, the helpful little house-gnomes of German folklore famous in the legend of Cologne — tiny sprites who did all the townsfolk’s work by

Norse & Germanic · 31 August 2026

11

Drude

Drude

The Drude (Trude), the nightmare-hag and night-demon of German and Alpine folklore — a malevolent female spirit who torments sleepers with crushing

Norse & Germanic · 30 August 2026

12

Bilwis

Bilwis

The Bilwis (Bilwiz), an ambivalent field- and grain-spirit of German folklore — an old elf turned malevolent corn-demon or field-witch who cuts strange

Norse & Germanic · 30 August 2026

13

Alp

Alp

The Alp, the nightmare-demon of German folklore — a small, shapeshifting spirit that sits upon the sleeper’s chest, pressing down with crushing weight,

Norse & Germanic · 30 August 2026

14

Nixie

Nixie

The Nixie (Nix, Nixe), the water-spirit of Germanic folklore — a shapeshifting being of rivers and lakes who appears as human or fish-tailed merfolk,

Norse & Germanic · 30 August 2026

15

Klabautermann

Klabautermann

The Klabautermann, the ship-spirit of German and Baltic maritime folklore — a small kobold-like sprite who dwells in a sailing ship and helps the crew by

Norse & Germanic · 30 August 2026

16

Kobold

Kobold

The Kobold, the household and mine spirit of German folklore — a small, mischievous, often invisible sprite that helps with chores and brings luck to the

Norse & Germanic · 29 August 2026

17

Lorelei

Lorelei

The Lorelei (Loreley), the enchanting siren-spirit of the river Rhine in German folklore — a beautiful golden-haired maiden on the great rock who combs

Norse & Germanic · 29 August 2026

18

Erlking

Erlking

The Erlking (Erlkönig), the malevolent forest-spirit and king of the elves of Germanic folklore — the sinister Alder King who lures and seizes travellers

Norse & Germanic · 29 August 2026

19

Frau Perchta

Frau Perchta

Frau Perchta (Berchta), the dread Alpine goddess-spirit of midwinter and the Twelve Nights — a two-faced being who roams the dark of the year inspecting

Norse & Germanic · 29 August 2026

20

Hiisi

Hiisi

Hiisi, a malevolent spirit and the dangerous haunted places it inhabits in Finnish myth — a goblin-demon of the forests, mountains and stony wilds, a

Finnish & Baltic · 20 August 2026

21

Tkashi-Mapa

Tkashi-Mapa

Discover Tkashi-Mapa, the radiant Queen of the Forest in Megrelian Georgian folklore — mistress of the Colchian woods and its beasts, granter of the

Armenian & Caucasian · 16 August 2026

22

Zana

Zana

Discover the Zana, the fierce and beautiful mountain-fairy of Albanian myth — a martial nature-spirit of the high peaks who empowers heroes with

Ancient European · 14 August 2026

23

Vanth

Vanth

Vanth, the winged death-goddess and psychopomp of the Etruscans — a beautiful, all-seeing female death-spirit with great wings who attends the dying,

Ancient European · 09 August 2026

24

Santelmo

Santelmo

The Santelmo, the fireball-spirit of Philippine folklore — a glowing ball of fire that floats and dances through the night over the fields, marshes, and

Southeast Asian · 07 August 2026

25

Engkanto

Engkanto

The Engkanto, the enchanting environmental spirits of Philippine folklore — beautiful, alluring fairy-beings who dwell unseen in the seas, forests and

Southeast Asian · 07 August 2026

26

Nuno sa Punso

Nuno sa Punso

The Nuno sa Punso, “the old man of the mound” — a goblin-like dwarf-spirit of Philippine folklore who dwells in anthills and earthen mounds, an

Southeast Asian · 06 August 2026

27

Maria Makiling

Maria Makiling

Maria Makiling, the most beloved diwata of Philippine myth — the beautiful guardian-goddess of Mount Makiling, a benevolent protectress of the forests and

Southeast Asian · 05 August 2026

28

Diwata

Diwata

The Diwata, the nature-deities and guardian-spirits of Philippine myth — benevolent (or capricious) spirits who dwell in the trees, mountains and seas,

Southeast Asian · 05 August 2026

29

Mare

Mare

Discover the Mare (mara), the night-spirit of Scandinavian and Germanic folklore who sits on sleepers’ chests bringing suffocating dreams and sleep

Norse & Germanic · 29 July 2026

30

Vittra

Vittra

Discover the Vittra, the invisible subterranean hidden folk of northern Swedish folklore — an unseen people who share the land and their cattle with

Norse & Germanic · 29 July 2026

31

Tomte

Tomte

Discover the Tomte, the ancient grey-bearded farm guardian of Swedish folklore — spirit of the land who brings prosperity for a bowl of buttered porridge

Norse & Germanic · 28 July 2026

32

Fossegrim

Fossegrim

Discover the Fossegrim, the waterfall fiddler-spirit of Norwegian folklore — a beautiful water-genius whose music surpasses all human skill and who

Norse & Germanic · 28 July 2026

33

Knocker

Knocker

Discover the Knocker (bucca, Tommyknocker), the mine-spirit of Cornish folklore — a small, ugly fairy of the deep tin mines whose knocking warned of

European Folklore · 28 July 2026

34

Nisse

Nisse

Discover the Nisse, the small grey-bearded household guardian of Norwegian and Danish folklore — an ancestral farm-spirit who brings luck for a bowl of

Norse & Germanic · 28 July 2026

35

Senge Dongma

Senge Dongma

Senge Dongma (Simhamukha), the Lion-Faced Dakini — a fierce female wisdom-deity of Tibetan Buddhism with the head of a snow-lion, invoked for protection

Tibetan & Himalayan · 26 July 2026

36

Citipati

Citipati

The Citipati, the “Lords of the Cemetery” — a pair of intertwined dancing skeletons of Tibetan Buddhism who protect the charnel grounds, their joyful

Tibetan & Himalayan · 26 July 2026

37

Dakini

Dakini

The Dakini, the “sky-dancer” — the female embodiment of enlightened wisdom-energy in Tibetan Buddhism, dynamic deities who dance through the open sky of

Tibetan & Himalayan · 26 July 2026

38

Deer Woman

Deer Woman

Discover Deer Woman (the Deer Lady), the shapeshifting deer-spirit of many Native American peoples — a beautiful woman with the feet of a deer who lures

Native American · 23 July 2026

39

The Erinyes

The Erinyes

The myth of the Erinyes (Furies): the merciless snake-haired goddesses of vengeance born from Uranus's blood, who hunted kin-murderers like Orestes —

Greek Mythology · 20 July 2026

40

Dybbuk

Dybbuk

Discover the Dybbuk, the great possessing spirit of Jewish folklore — the restless soul of the dead that clings to and possesses the living, speaking

Jewish & Hebrew · 18 July 2026

41

Preta

Preta

The Preta, the “hungry ghosts” of Buddhist cosmology — tormented spirits of one of the six realms of rebirth, consumed by an insatiable hunger they can

Buddhist Mythology · 17 July 2026

42

Apsara

Apsara

The apsaras — supernally beautiful celestial dancers of Hindu myth, born from the churning ocean, partners of the gandharvas and Indra's irresistible

Hindu Mythology · 12 July 2026

43

Gandharva

Gandharva

The gandharvas — celestial musicians of the gods' court, guardians of soma and secret lore, consorts of the apsaras, namesakes of the love-marriage and of

Hindu Mythology · 12 July 2026

44

Yaksha

Yaksha

The yaksha — Hindu nature-spirits and treasure-guardians serving Kubera, custodians of forests and hidden wealth, double-natured as gentle tree-genii and

Hindu Mythology · 12 July 2026

45

Yakshini

Yakshini

The yakshini — female yaksha and tree-goddess of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain myth, both a benevolent fertility-spirit (the blossoming shalabhanjika) and a

Hindu Mythology · 12 July 2026

46

Bhuta

Bhuta

The bhuta — the Hindu ghost of one who died a bad death and cannot pass on, feared for possession and illness yet worshipped as a guardian-deity in the

Hindu Mythology · 12 July 2026

47

Yumboes

Yumboes

Discover the Yumboes, the fairy-folk of West Africa — small, pale, benevolent spirits of the Wolof of Senegal, the “good people” who dwell beneath the

African Mythology · 03 July 2026

48

Fairy

Fairy

The Fairy (Fae, Faerie), the supernatural folk of European legend — a race of magical, capricious beings who dwell in an enchanted otherworld, possess

Arthurian & Medieval European · 01 July 2026

49

Archon

Archon

Discover the Archons, the malevolent cosmic powers of Gnosticism — the planetary rulers and servants of the false creator Yaldabaoth who jail the divine

Occult & Demonology · 21 June 2026