
The Story of the Saci Pererê
A vivid retelling of Brazil’s mischievous one-legged guardian of the forest, his red cap, pipe, and lessons that linger.

A vivid retelling of Brazil’s mischievous one-legged guardian of the forest, his red cap, pipe, and lessons that linger.

Small, goblin-like spirits of the Peruvian Andes who dwell in mines and can either help or hinder miners

An Andean legend of fear, survival, and the strange hunger for human fat

A forest spirit from Peruvian folklore with one human foot and one animal foot, who imitates people to lead travelers astray

An Ecuadorian legend of the Tunda, a shape-shifting spirit that lures wanderers into the jungle with familiar faces and whispered promises.

An Ecuadorian folktale of a crying spirit — the Guagua Auca — and the roads, rivers, and memories it haunts

A Colombian folktale of the jungle siren who appears beautiful, then reveals a single monstrous leg

A Venezuelan folk goddess of harmony, love, and peace who walks between river and mountain

A luminous, haunting retelling of Mexico’s river-borne ghost whose tears ripple through memory and landscape.

A Wampanoag-inspired legend of the two-to-three-foot trickster of New England woods

A lyrical exploration of the horse-skull wassailing ritual that charms villages across Wales and the living memory that keeps it alive.

A winter folktale of the subterranean trickster who rises during the twelve days of Christmas to test households across Greece.

When ancient mountain voices meet modern curiosity: sightings of a mysterious creature stalking remote Ukrainian valleys.

A Thai folktale of a female spirit who lives in wild banana trees, part guardian and part avenger

A vivid Thai folktale about a household divinity that brings luck when honored, balancing reverence and caution.

A chilling Thai spirit that possesses people and slowly consumes them from within—an exploration of folklore, ritual, and meaning

A haunting Thai folktale of a nocturnal female spirit whose head detaches and drifts in search of blood and raw flesh

A haunting retelling of a mother sorrowful beyond death, where folklore, fear, and compassion meet by river and paddy

A chilling Malaysian folktale of a slender ghost that stretches above treetops to peer into human lives

How the Semai of Malaysia keep an uneasy peace with the thunder god to protect their crops, rivers, and lives.

A deep dive into Temuan folklore: forest spirits, ancestral wisdom, and the living traditions of Malaysia's Temuan people

A luminous grief that wanders the ricefields and coastal nights of the Philippine islands

A Philippine folktale of a headless, shape-shifting creature that haunts nights and tests communities.

A richly detailed retelling of the dwarf-like guardian of anthills, a warning and a blessing from Philippine folklore
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