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8 entries found.

🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreWild Hunt A spectral chase across Europe led by a mythic figure and ghostly riders.Belief · Cursing and harm Historical

🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCurupira A backwards-footed forest guardian from Brazilian indigenous myth who punishes loggers and misleads travelers.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary

🇬🇧 United KingdomMatthew Hopkins The English witch-hunter who led the deadliest wave of executions in Britain.Figure · Cursing and harm Historical

🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreWitch's mark A bodily mark believed to prove a pact with the Devil during early modern witch trialsBelief · Cursing and harm Historical

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTarand A legendary reindeer-like creature said to change its hair colour like a chameleon.Being · Wonder and entertainment Legendary 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCaiporaCaapora A Brazilian forest spirit that guards game and tests hunters with bribes or terrorBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Living 🇬🇧 United KingdomBaobh-shìth A beautiful Highland fairy woman who lures hunters, then kills themBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary

🇺🇸 United StatesSpirit photography Photographs made or taken to show the dead, from studio sittings to haunted housesTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Wild Hunt: Peter Nicolai Arbo, Public domain, source
Curupira: Sturm, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Matthew Hopkins: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
Witch's mark: T. H. Matteson, Public domain, source
Tarand: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
Spirit photography: Лондонская Стереоскопическая Компания, 1850-е годы, Public domain, source

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