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Yara-Ma-Yha-Who
The Yara-Ma-Yha-Who is a creature from Australia. They are short human like creatures with red skin, no teeth and oversized heads. They can greatly stretch their mouths to swallow their victims whole. They are nocturnal and dislike the sun. They spend the day in caves by the water, but they live in fig trees. They hold onto branches with their octopus-like fingers, wait for people to pass underneath their trees then scoops them up. They use the suckers on their fingers and toes to drain them of blood. After they drain them, they swallow them whole, then later regurgitate them alive. This process repeated multiple time turns the victim into…
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Yaguareté Abá/ Jaguar-Man/ Jaguareté/ Jaguarete Ova
The Yaguarete Abá is a therianthropic creature from Paraguay and Argentina. They’re thought to be shapeshifting sorcerers capable of transforming into jaguars. They transform themselves into jaguars at night through use of sorcery. Even while in animal form, they maintain human intelligence, and possess supernatural strength. They may stalk, kill, and eat humans while in the form of a jaguar. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United States, Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006. Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Yagis
The Yagis is from the Kwakiutl people in Vancouver. It is a sea monster and has been described as a giant snake, an aquatic fire breathing horse, or a man-eating turtle. It flips boats by creating massive waves and then eats the sailors. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United States, Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006.
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Xwixwiyá:ye
The Xwixwiyá:ye is a water dwelling creature from the stories of the Pilalt Native Americans. They are described as black in color, shaped like a crab larger than a human hand, and with large pincers. They live in fairly shallow water and resemble flies in their actions, but only crawl around. They have a strong poison similar in deadliness to a rattlesnake that can kill people very quickly. Citations: Wells, Oliver. The Chilliwacks and Their Neighbors. Canada, Talonbooks, 1987.
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Xtabay
The Xyabay is a form of Nature Spirit from Mayan myth. They resemble beautiful women with bright red skin. They live in caves and forests and were often consorts to minor deities. They were known to sing to men offering to bear a child. If he accepted, he would need to light incense and pray to Kanank’ax. This prayer would ensure seeing more Xtabay, and failing to do so would guarantee the opposite. The location where the human and Xtabay conceived would become barren and have a boulder there. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Xipe-Topec
Xipe-Totec is an Aztec deity known as the “flayed one.” He personifies spring as well as life and death. He is symbolized wearing freshly flayed human skin. He would be honored by taking out the hearts of sacrifices, flaying them, and dying them yellow to wear. Other sacrifices would be rained on by sacred arrows. Xipe-Totec is considered one of the gentler gods. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United States, Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006.
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Xing Tian
Xing Tian was a Chinese Giant. His name means “one punished by heaven” or “punished one.” He was decapitated in a battle by Huang Di. He continued to fight with his nipples becoming eyes and his navel becoming a mouth. His head was buried in the Changyang mountains. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Wyvern/Wivern
The Wyvern is a species of dragon from medieval heraldry throughout Europe. Its name is thought to mean “life viper” and they were originally seen as protectors of the land and bringers of life. After larger amounts of christianization, they were instead seen as giant predatory creatures associated with envy, pestilence, and war. They have large serpentine bodies, standing on two avian legs with eagle-like talons, long tails ending in a sharp barb, and heads resembling the typical European Dragon with large horns. In heraldry, the Wyvern are typically depicted as green with red undersides and wings. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore.…
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Wurdalak
The Wurdalak is from Russian folklore. They are heretics or blasphemers who rise from the grave after making a deal with the devil for immortality. Their hunger is insatiable and consumes its immortal life. They often look like a female who appears young and attractive to lure in victims. They return to the form of rotting corpses when alone with their victims which is their true form. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United States, Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006.
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Wume
The Wume are from the Togo people of West Africa. They are created when a criminal dies and isn’t buried or when someone dies while cursed. They are always hungry and are strong, smart, and very hard to kill. They have to be killed by a group of priests who have gone through a ritual cleansing. They are easiest to approach after feeding when they go into a catatonic state. They should be tied down with several layers of rope encasing them, and then their wrapped body should be taken to an undisclosed location and buried in an unmarked grave. Afterwards no one can speak of the location or approach…
