When the Conquistadores arrived in Central America in the sixteenth century, they were appalled to discover that not only did the indigenous people venerate spirits in the form of graven images; they
Abiku ORIGIN: Yoruba The Abiku appear in two varieties: • Some are vicious perpetrators. • Some are liminal souls hovering between realms. The same word is used to denote various beings; what
CLASSIFICATION: Vampire The Abchanchu roams Bolivian roads in the guise of a doddering, frail old man. He appears confused and disoriented, like someone’s helpless old grandpa, and so inevitably a Good Samaritan
Afarit ALSO KNOWN AS: Afrit; Ifreet; Ifrit Afarit names a type of malevolent spirit. (The same word refers to the individual Afarit and the entire species; it is both singular and plural.)
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