history & documentation
Drekavac, also known as Drekawatz or Drekavats (Serbo-Croatian: Drekavac – “howler, screamer”), is a ghostly being from South Slavic folklore, often believed to be the soul of a dead unbaptized baby. According to the...
Water horses or Brook horses are creatures of European folklore. Although the ancient Greeks, knew the Hippocampus (water horse) we find the tradition of these creatures mostly in British and Celtic Europe, Scandinavia and...
Spirit Beings in European folklore by Benjamin Adamah is a series of 4 compendiums that catalogs 1045 creatures of Europe’s supernatural history. This book-series is made available September 3, 2022 by VAMzzz Publishing. Netflix-series...
The Leshy or Lyeshy (Belor: лясу́н Lyasun, лесаві́к Lesovik; Ukr. лісови́к Lisovik; Pol: Laskowiec) is a forest spirit, widely known among Russians (especially in the North), and to a lesser extent representations about him...
Bloody Mary, apart from a world famous cocktail, is a phantom, or spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is also known by the names Mary Worth, Mary Whales, Hell Mary and Mary Jane....
Jewish culture is rather cramped, when it comes to human sexuality. In ancient times the Egyptians, Babylonians and, of course, especially the Greeks, were a lot more liberated in this context. It is therefore...
The Latin term genius loci literally means “the spirit of the place”. In Roman mythology, the spirit originally meant a guardian spirit (genius), who was often depicted in the form of a snake. In...
In Ashkenazic Jewish folklore a Dybbuk (Yiddish: דָּבַק, dāḇaq) is an evil spirit which enters into a living person, cleaves to his soul, causes mental illness, talks through his mouth, and represents a separate...
The imp or familiar (spirit) is wat modern magic termes a servitor, artificial elemental or Elementar. The last being a specially created elemental according to a technique – using the Elements Fire, Air, Water...
Sak Yant tattoo is common in Southeast Asia and is distinct for its monochromic and geometric patterns, passages from religious classics, and animal images. Only Sak Yant masters can perform this tattoo. They mix...
