Results for "corpse"
24 entries found.
🇷🇸 Serbia and 5 moreVampire
An undead being from European folklore that feeds on the life force of the living.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreRevenant
An animated corpse or spirit that returns from the grave to haunt the livingBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇮🇸 IcelandNábrók
A pair of pants made from human skin, said to generate endless wealth in Icelandic folklore.Charm · Luck and prosperity Legendary
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreSky burialབྱ་གཏོར་
A Tibetan funerary rite where human remains are offered to scavenging birdsRite · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇬🇧 United KingdomDeath knell
A church bell rung to announce a person's death and mark the funeral.Rite · Speaking with spirits and the dead Fading
🇮🇸 Iceland and 3 moreDraugr
A malevolent undead revenant from Nordic folklore, often guarding buried treasure.Being · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Legendary
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePishtacoñañaq; kharisiri
An Andean bogeyman said to steal human fat for oil and medicineBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Living
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreJiangshi殭屍
A Chinese corpse said to rise and hop, feared for its strengthBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇷🇴 Romania and 2 moreStrigoi
A Romanian undead spirit linked to witchcraft and vampirismBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreUpiórупіор
A demonic spirit from Slavic and Turkic folklore that is believed to return from the dead to feed on the living.Being · Cursing and harm Historical
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreShakta pithasशाक्त पीठ (Śākta Pīṭha)
Sacred shrines in Shaktism marking where parts of the goddess Sati fell to earth.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇪🇬 EgyptWeres
An Egyptian amulet shaped like a headrest for mummiesCharm · Protection Historical
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreKōshin庚申信仰
A Japanese folk belief involving vigils to prevent internal spirits from reporting human deeds to heavenBelief · Protection · Healing Living
🇸🇧 Solomon IslandsAdaro
Ghosts and elemental spirits from Makira island in the Solomon IslandsBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreCruentation
A medieval judicial test where a suspect touched a victim's body to see if it bled.Rite · Cursing and harm Historical
🇵🇱 PolandFrankenstein town gravediggers scandal
A 1606 witchcraft trial in Silesia that may have inspired Mary Shelley's novelBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇵🇦 PanamaPanama Creature
A decomposing sloth carcass mistaken for a monster in PanamaBeing Historical
🇯🇵 JapanItsumade以津真天
A Japanese yōkai bird born from a medieval tale and modern folklore.Being Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceEurynomosΕὐρύνομος
An ancient Greek underworld spirit said to strip corpses down to bone.Being Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanNuribotoke塗仏
A blackened corpse yōkai said to slip out of a neglected household altarBeing Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanKasha火車
A Japanese yōkai that steals corpses from funerals and gravesBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇨🇳 ChinaShi尸
A living descendant who sat in place of a dead ancestor during ancient Chinese ritualsRite · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMōryō魍魎
Spirits of nature and graves in East Asian folklore, often linked to corpse theft.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇺🇸 United StatesNight Doctors
African American folklore about doctors who stole or killed black bodies for medical studyBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Upiór: Віщун, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hecate: Henryk Siemiradzki, Public domain, source
- Shakta pithas: Abhishek Chandra, Public domain, source
- Sky burial: FishOil at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Death knell: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nábrók: Bernard McManus, CC BY 2.0, source
- Weres: Unknown author, CC0, source
- Wiedergänger: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Frankenstein town gravediggers scandal: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, source
- Panama Creature: Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl, CC BY 2.5, source
- Nuribotoke: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vampire folklore: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kasha: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Draugr: Kim Diaz Holm, CC BY 4.0, source
- Shi: Jason Zou, Public domain, source
- Vampire: Edvard Munch, Public domain, source
- Cruentation: Unknown author, Public domain, source