Mythic Beings

The nuckelavee is a feared being in Orcadian folklore, commonly described as a skinless fusion of horse and rider that comes from the sea. The best-known written account was recorded in the nineteenth century and should not be mistaken for a complete ancient record. The nuckelavee in the surviving tradition In Walter Traill Dennison’s account,

Aswang is a broad Filipino label for feared supernatural beings and people, not one creature with a fixed anatomy. Regional stories describe witches, corpse-eaters, shape-changers, and beings that prey on pregnant people or infants. Aswang in the surviving tradition Descriptions vary widely across the Philippine archipelago. Some aswang appear ordinary by day and separate or