monsters and ghosts

How is your doppelganger or fylgia today? What do nixies, corrigans, dziwozony, yuki onna, erynnes and ajatar have in common (hint: they are all female)? What is a basilisk? Curious? Check out the encyclopedia of monsters, mythological creatures and fabulous beasts.

How about ghosts? “The forms by which men and women are haunted are far more diverse and subtle than we knew”, says Ernest Rhys, author of The Haunters and the Haunted, Ghost Stories and Tales of the Supernatural.

Found at plep ( May 29th, 2004).
Edited April 14, 2009. First link updated.

May 30, 2004 in Folk Legends & Myths by Marja-Leena