Folklore Encyclopedia

The Bestiary

The creatures that haunt the pages of Shadows In The Trade Winds. Each one drawn from centuries of Caribbean oral tradition.

By day, an old woman. By night, she sheds her skin and flies as a ball of fire, hunting the living for their blood.

A beautiful woman in a wide-brimmed hat, hiding a cloven hoof beneath her long skirt. She lures men into the forest, never to return.

Spirits of children who died before baptism. Their feet face backwards, and they wander the forests calling children by name.

A shape-shifting creature that roams at midnight. Half-man, half-beast, dragging chains through empty village roads.

The old man of the forest. Guardian of the animals, protector of the woods. Cross him, and you may never find your way home.

A massive spectral bull with blazing red eyes and rattling chains, haunting the roads of the Caribbean after dark.

Half-woman, half-anaconda. She rules the rivers and waterfalls, and drowns those who poison her waters or take her fish without asking.

The spirits of the dead who refuse to leave. They haunt the living from jealousy, revenge, or simply because they don't know they're dead.

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