# The Ancient Book of Spirits & Specters

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[00:00] the Aloo stalked through ancient Mesopotamian Knights as a spirit that attacked sleeping people.
[00:04] this demon from Acadian and samirian myths had the power to send victims into deep sleep-like States or cause loss of Mind.
[00:10] people feared the Aloo because it struck without warning and left no way to fight back as it had no mouth or ears to reason with.
[00:19] the spirit took a strange form that looked like a shadow made Solid.
[00:23] it moved like a piece of dark cloth floating in Wind with no clear shape but able to wrap around it it victims.
[00:30] though it lacked ears mouth and lips the Aloo could sense those who slept and found ways to torment them.
[00:37] the most famous story tells of how the Aloo worked with other demons called utuku to harm humans.
[00:42] these Spirits would find someone alone on the open Plains at night.
[00:47] the Aloo would cover them like a blanket while its demon friends caused sickness and pain.
[00:51] the victim would cry out in their sleep but could not wake up or Escape.
[00:55] families protected themselves from the Aloo by hanging special charms above their beds and saying prayers.
[01:02] before sleep healers worked to wake people who fell into deep sleeps thinking the Aloo had taken hold of their minds.
[01:08] when someone showed signs of being frozen in their sleep unable to move or speak people blamed the Aloo nightly attacks.
[01:14] the Banshee haunted Irish family homes as a female Spirit who warned of coming death.
[01:20] she announced the passing of family members by wailing a sad song in the dark of night.
[01:26] people both feared and respected her because she gave Noble Irish families time to prepare for the loss of their loved ones.
[01:33] she appeared as a woman with long flowing hair that she combed while crying.
[01:37] dressed in Gray and green or sometimes all in white her eyes glowed red from endless weeping.
[01:44] and though some stories made her tall most described her as a small figure no taller than 4 feet.
[01:48] the banshe she could take the shape of a young woman who had died young or an old woman wrapped in burial clothes.
[01:55] perhaps the most famous tale tells of Lady fanshaw's meeting with a Banshee.
[02:00] One
[02:02] Night in Ireland lady fanshaw woke to see a pale woman with red hair sitting outside her window crying with a voice so strong it shook the house.
[02:10] At Sunrise they learned their host had died in the night just as the Banshee had warned.
[02:13] Ancient Irish families listened for the banshee's cry knowing it meant someone in their bloodline would soon die.
[02:19] Her whale could break glass with its power and if many banshees cried together it meant someone holy or important had died.
[02:28] Even today some Irish families claim the Banshee still follows their line singing her death warning just as she has done for hundreds of years.
[02:37] The Buddha haunts old buildings and forests across India as a Restless Spirit caught between life and death.
[02:45] These ghosts can change their shape at will and Float slightly above the ground to avoid touching the Earth.
[02:51] People fear Buddhas because they possess humans through cursed milk and haunt buildings where they died.
[02:57] Yet some communities respect them as protective beings who watch over sacred places.
[02:59] The Buddha
[03:04] looks human but reveals its true nature.
[03:06] through backward-facing feet and the lack of a shadow.
[03:08] it wears pure white clothes and speaks with an odd nasal voice that sounds wrong to human ears.
[03:13] though it can turn into any animal it prefers to appear as either a beautiful woman waiting by the road or as the ghost of someone who died nearby.
[03:21] one common tale warns of a man who offers a ride to a woman in white standing alone at night.
[03:28] as they drive he notices she floats just above her seat and her feet point backward.
[03:33] when he realizes she casts no shadow in the Moonlight the man learns too late that he has invited a Buddha into his car.
[03:40] Indian families protect their homes from Buddhas using iron objects and bowls of water.
[03:44] they burn turmeric to drive away these spirits and never drink milk left in the open at night.
[03:50] when a Buddha haunts someone holy men perform special prayers to help the spirit find peace and move on to its next life.
[03:57] the black dog stalked through English towns and dark roads as a massive
[04:05] Ghostly hound with glowing eyes.
[04:07] This spirit could sense coming death and warn travelers of danger with its sudden appearance.
[04:11] People both feared and trusted these creatures because some black dogs brought warnings of doom, while others protected lonely wanderers from harm.
[04:22] Larger than any living dog, the beast had coal black fur that seemed to absorb light and eyes that glowed red or yellow in the dark.
[04:29] It made no sound when it walked and left no footprints.
[04:31] Yet people heard chains dragging behind it.
[04:33] Some black dogs had huge teeth and frightful howls that echoed through the night.
[04:38] Certainly, the most famous tale comes from the churches of Bungay and Blibber in 1577, when a black dog known as Black Shuck burst into both buildings during a storm.
[04:51] The beast killed five people between the two churches and left claw marks in the door that can still be seen today.
[04:55] Lightning struck as the hound ran through the buildings, leaving behind the smell of burning in its wake.
[05:02] Villages across England created ways to guard against the dark hounds.
[05:04] Travelers
[05:06] said prayers before Journeys and avoided Crossroads at night where the beasts often waited.
[05:10] yet not everyone feared them in Somerset.
[05:12] mothers let their children play freely on the Hills because they believed the friendly Girt dog watched over them and kept them safe.
[05:17] the blackeyed children appeared on American roads and doorsteps as beings that looked like normal kids except for their complete complely black eyes.
[05:29] these creatures would ask people for help or try to enter their homes but seem to have evil plans.
[05:35] people feared them because the children could not enter homes without permission yet used clever tricks to make adults want to let them inside.
[05:44] these beings looked like pale children or teenagers wearing plain outdated clothes.
[05:49] their most striking feature was their eyes which were solid black from edge to edge with no white Parts showing.
[05:55] they moved in an odd way that made them seem less than human human and their voices sounded too old for their young faces.
[06:01] one notable story tells of reporter Brian bethl meeting
[06:06] with two blackeyed children in Texas the children asked him for a ride to a movie theater saying they needed to get money to watch a film
[06:13] when bethl noticed their pure black eyes a feeling of deep fear came over him
[06:18] he drove away quickly as the children grew angry banging on his car window
[06:23] communities shared warnings about these beings across the country
[06:27] parents taught their children never to open doors to strangers at night even other children asking for help
[06:33] drivers learned to keep their car doors locked after dark and people began putting extra locks on their doors after stories spread of the blackeyed children trying to talk their way into homes like this video
[06:45] And subscribe to Meer in the homes and Farms of Scotland and England
[06:55] the brownie worked as a helpful house Spirit who came out of at night while family slept
[07:02] this small magical creature performed countless chores without payment from cleaning and
[07:06] cooking to helping with farmwork people respected the brownie because it brought good luck and wealth to any home it chose to live in.
[07:13] The brownie looked like a small ugly man with brown skin and hair covering its whole body.
[07:18] Most stories tell of a brownie wearing nothing but ragged clothes and some had special features like no nose, just a hole in the middle of its face.
[07:26] It could turn invisible whenever it wanted and sometimes changed into the shape of animals.
[07:30] A tale tells of two kitchen maids who tried to steal the bowl of milk and bread left out as a gift for their house's brownie.
[07:37] As they sat down to eat their stolen meal, the invisible brownie sat between them.
[07:43] Every time one of the maids tried to eat or drink, the brownie snatched it away.
[07:48] The confused maids began fighting each blaming the other for stealing until they heard the brownie laugh and shout, "Brownie has it all!"
[07:54] The brownie changed how people lived and worked in important ways.
[07:59] Families had to follow strict rules to keep their brownie happy.
[08:03] They could never watch it work, try to give it new clothes, or make
[08:08] fun of its efforts breaking these rules.
[08:10] made the brownie leave forever taking its help and the home's Good Fortune with it.
[08:14] some stories tell of angry brownies turning into evil spirits called bogerts if treated badly causing trouble instead of helping.
[08:23] in ancient Rome the cam were four sister goddesses who guarded sacred Springs and could see into the Future.
[08:31] these powerful beings watched over women giving birth and blessed the waters that flowed from fountains and Wells.
[08:38] the Romans both feared and honored them because the cam could Grant the gift of Prophecy to Mortals they favored.
[08:45] the cam appeared as beautiful young women dressed in flowing white robes often carrying water jars or cups.
[08:51] they lived near bubbling Springs and Clear Pools places Romans saw as doorways to Divine wisdom.
[08:56] the most sacred spot was a Grove with a spring outside Rome's Porta capina gate where people came to ask for their help.
[09:03] the most famous story tells of the Cina named egeria who helped.
[09:08] Rome's second king Numa Pompilius she met him in her sacred grove and taught him the laws and rituals that would make Rome great.
[09:15] Each night she shared divine wisdom with him helping change Rome from a group of villages into a mighty city.
[09:23] With proper laws and customs the Cam shaped how Romans lived in many ways.
[09:28] Women in labor prayed to them for safe childbirth.
[09:30] Young girls brought offerings to their fountains hoping for good fortune.
[09:34] Even poets asked these goddesses for inspiration calling them the Roman Muses.
[09:40] Their sacred springs became places where Romans gathered to worship seek advice and honor the goddesses who protected their city's waters.
[09:50] In the Scottish Highlands the cat Sith prowled as a magical creature bigger than any normal cat.
[09:55] This fairy beast could change its shape from cat to witch up to nine times and people believed it could steal a person's soul before it reached heaven.
[10:04] The Scots feared and respected the cat Sith because it could either bring doom or grant wishes to.
[10:10] those brave enough to summon it the cat
[10:12] Sith looked like a huge black cat the
[10:14] size of a large dog with only one white
[10:17] spot on its chest when it wanted to
[10:19] frighten people it would Arch its back
[10:21] and make all its fur stand up straight
[10:23] some said it was not a true fairy cat at
[10:26] all but a witch who chose to take the
[10:28] form of this fierce some creature the
[10:30] most famous story of the cat Sith tells
[10:32] of a man who saw nine black cats each
[10:35] with a white chest spot carrying a
[10:37] coffin with a crown on top one cat told
[10:40] the man to tell Tom tildrum that Tim tum
[10:42] had died when the man went home and told
[10:44] this to his own cat named old Tom the
[10:47] cat shouted that he was now King of the
[10:49] cats ran up the chimney and was never
[10:51] seen again the cat Sith changed how
[10:54] people acted around cats especially at
[10:56] funerals families would keep cats away
[10:59] from rooms where dead bodies lay fearing
[11:01] the cat Sith would steal the soul before
[11:03] it reached Heaven they set up games and
[11:05] riddles to distract any cats that came
[11:07] near some Brave or foolish people even
[11:10] tried to summon a cat Sith named big ears by burning cats for 4 days hoping it would grant their wishes within the lands of the Navajo people.
[11:20] the chindy emerges as a harmful spirit made from all the bad parts of a person at the moment of death.
[11:24] this dark force contains every negative feeling and thought the person ever had from anger to sadness to fear.
[11:31] people feared the chindy because even brief contact with it could bring sickness or death.
[11:38] the chindy has no solid form but moves like poisoned air, invisible yet deadly.
[11:44] it follows the path of the dying person's last breath, carrying with it all their painful memories and bitter thoughts.
[11:50] most often it stays close to things the dead person once owned or places they lived.
[11:54] one of the most important stories shows why Navajo people never let someone die inside their home.
[11:58] a family once ignored this rule and their relative died inside their Hogan, a traditional Navajo house.
[12:08] the chindy filled the building with such
[12:10] powerful negative energy that the family had to leave forever abandoning their home to the dark Spirit the chindy.
[12:17] changed how Navajo people dealt with death in many ways.
[12:19] they moved sick people Outdoors When Death came near.
[12:24] they burned or buried the dead person's things.
[12:26] they never spoke the names of the Dead.
[12:28] these rules kept people safe from the chindy harmful touch and help the living avoid the weight of old Sorrows.
[12:36] a giant green dog called The cith Hunts across lonely Moors and rocky hills of Scotland.
[12:42] this fairy Hound strikes fear with its three ghostly barks which people can hear from Miles Away.
[12:48] anyone who hears all three barks may die from Pure Terror.
[12:51] the cusith stands as tall as a small cow with thick dark green fur that blends into the Scott Hills.
[12:58] its huge Paws make no sound when it runs letting it creep up on its prey without warning.
[13:04] the creature looks like a wolf but much bigger with a long shaggy coat that seems to Shimmer in
[13:10] Moonlight one famous story tells of sailors far out at Sea who heard the Ci's first bark Echo across the water.
[13:18] they quickly turned their ship toward Shore hearing the second bark grow louder.
[13:21] the men reached land just as the third bark rang out saving themselves from the fairy Hound's deadly power.
[13:28] the Q changed how people traveled through the highlands.
[13:30] they avoided walking alone at night and learned to count the beasts barks.
[13:35] if someone heard the first bark they would run for the nearest house or church.
[13:39] parents taught their children to listen for the barks and find shelter fast.
[13:43] these Legends linked to Old Celtic beliefs about fairy creatures that guard the line between our world and the spirit world.
[13:50] the Welsh told similar tales about the celian Anan ghostly white hounds that served as fairy hunting dogs.
[13:57] both beasts warned humans to stay away from places where the spirit world came close to our own.
[14:05] the demon cat stalked the dark Halls of government buildings in Washington DC.
[14:11] Appearing as a warning before national tragedies, this black ghost cat grew from the size of a house pet to the size of a tiger when it met human eyes.
[14:20] People working late in places like the capital building feared seeing this creature because it meant something bad would soon happen to the country.
[14:25] Its coat was darker than a moonlit night, and its eyes glowed like hot coals in a fire pit.
[14:33] When the demon cat walked, it made no sound on the marble floors.
[14:35] Those who saw it said the air turned cold and the cat's shape seemed to shift and flow like smoke in the wind.
[14:43] The beast could pass through solid walls as if they were made of air.
[14:47] The most famous story of the Demon Cat came just before President Abraham Lincoln died.
[14:51] A guard saw the cat grow to the size of a giant tiger right in front of him.
[14:56] The guard tried to shoot the beast, but his bullets passed right through it.
[15:00] The next day, Lincoln went to Ford's Theater where he was killed.
[15:04] Workers in the capital building changed their habits because of the demon cat.
[15:08] Guards avoided walking alone in certain halls late at night.
[15:10] Some people refused.
[15:12] to work after dark others left food out
[15:15] hoping to please the spirit and prevent
[15:17] bad luck the demon cat became such a
[15:20] strong symbol of coming trouble that
[15:22] even today people in Washington remember
[15:24] the legend of the growing ghost cat who
[15:26] brought warnings of dark days ahead
[15:31] the Devil Bird haunts the thick forests
[15:33] of Sri Lanka where its awful scream
[15:35] sounds just like a person in terrible
[15:38] pain this large owl-like creature sends
[15:40] out its bone chilling cry only before
[15:43] someone nearby is about to die villagers
[15:46] who hear the devil Bird's call Rush to
[15:48] check on their loved ones knowing that
[15:50] death walks close to their homes that
[15:51] night the bird stands as tall as a small
[15:54] child with dark feathers that blend into
[15:57] the night sky its round f face and huge
[15:59] yellow eyes remind people of a human
[16:02] face Frozen in Terror sharp claws grip
[16:05] tree branches so strongly they leave
[16:07] deep marks in the wood and its hooked
[16:09] beak could tear through the toughest
[16:10] meat a story tells of a farmer who
[16:13] laughed at warnings about the devil.
[16:14] Birds cry one night he heard the scream and ignored it choosing to stay in his fields.
[16:20] When he returned home he found his wife had fallen terribly ill.
[16:22] She died before the sun rose the next morning just as the bird had worn.
[16:26] People in Sri Lankan villages still plan their lives around avoiding the devil bird's attention.
[16:29] They won't walk alone in the forest at night.
[16:33] Families keep their windows closed after dark even in hot weather.
[16:40] Many people wear special charms to keep the bird away and some leave small gifts of food at the edge of the forest to please it.
[16:49] The domovoy lived in the homes of ancient Russian families hiding in warm places near stoves and in dark corners of cellars.
[16:57] This house spirit held the special power to either help or harm the family it lived with based on how they treated their home and each other.
[17:03] People both feared and respected the domovoy because it watched over them while they slept and knew all their household secrets.
[17:09] The domovoy looked like a tiny old
[17:14] man with a long Gray beard and hair that covered most of its body.
[17:16] its eyes glowed like Embers in the dark and it could change its size from a small as a mouse to as tall as a child.
[17:23] the spirit often wore the same clothes as the Master of the House and could copy the voices of family members.
[17:30] one tale tells of a domoy that saved a family from fire.
[17:35] the spirit pulled the sleeping mother's hair and pinched the children until they woke up.
[17:39] giving them just enough time to escape their burning house.
[17:43] When the family rebuilt their home they invited their domovoy to join them by leaving bread and salt in the corners of their new dwelling.
[17:49] the domovoy shaped how Russian families lived their daily lives.
[17:56] people swept their floors toward the center of the room to avoid pushing out good luck.
[17:58] and they they never whistled indoors because this would make the spirit angry.
[18:02] families left out small bowls of milk and porridge near the stove to keep their domovoy happy.
[18:06] believing a well-fed house Spirit would protect their home and make their lives better.
[18:13] the Dr haunted the cold Waters
[18:16] around Norway rising from the depths to torment sailors and fishermen.
[18:21] this vengeful spirit of drowned sailors could control storms and winds using its power to sink ships and drag crews into the sea.
[18:28] people who lived along the coast feared the drag because its appearance meant certain death for those who saw it.
[18:34] the creature took the form of a bloated corpse with seaweed wrapped limbs and empty black holes where eyes should be.
[18:41] its skin glowed with an eerie blue light that lit up the waves around it and it wore tattered remains of sailing clothes that dripped endlessly with seawater.
[18:50] the drag often appeared headless or with its head twisted to face backward.
[18:55] in one chilling tale a fisherman met a drag while checking his net at night.
[18:59] the creature sat in the man's boat ringing water from its clothes and singing about the storm it would bring.
[19:06] the fisherman rode to shore as fast as he could but the driving storm followed him.
[19:10] just as the waves nearly swallowed his boat the man reached land and survived becoming one of the few people to escape a drag's.
[19:17] deadly prediction the drag changed how Coastal communities lived their lives.
[19:22] Sailors refused to whistle on their ships because they believed this would call the drag from the depths.
[19:28] fishermen always left one fish from their catch in the sea as an offering hoping this would keep the creature away.
[19:34] people built their homes facing away from the ocean to avoid seeing the dra's ghostly light through their windows at night.
[19:41] the dende lived in the homes and forests of Spain and Latin America moving between the human world and the spirit world as it wished.
[19:51] this small magical being could enter dreams and cause both good luck and Chaos depending on its mood.
[19:56] people both feared and sought out the dende because it could grant wishes but it often Twisted these wishes in clever and sometimes cruel ways.
[20:07] looking like a child-sized person with backward-facing feet and a red cap the dende had dark green or brown skin that helped it hide in Shadows.
[20:14] its eyes glowed yellow in the dark and it had long fingers perfect for picking locks.
[20:19] and stealing small objects the dende
[20:21] could make itself so small it could slip
[20:23] through key holes or grow tall enough to
[20:25] reach high shelves the most famous story
[20:28] tells of a dende that helped a poor
[20:30] Shoemaker the spirit fixed broken shoes
[20:33] each night while the Shoemaker slept but
[20:35] it also played tricks on the man's Rich
[20:37] customers by making their new shoes too
[20:39] tight or too loose when the Shoemaker
[20:41] left out a gift of honey and bread to
[20:43] thank the spirit the dende stopped its
[20:45] tricks and helped his business grow the
[20:48] dende shaped daily life in many ways
[20:51] parents warned children to clean their
[20:53] rooms or the dende would make their toys
[20:55] disappear people hung Bells near windows
[20:57] and doors because because the spirit
[20:59] hated loud noises families left out
[21:01] small Gifts of food and shiny objects to
[21:04] keep the dende happy hoping it would
[21:06] bring good luck instead of Mischief to
[21:08] their
[21:10] homes the Doro guarded farmyards and
[21:13] barns in ancient Russia watching over
[21:15] livestock and protecting animals from
[21:17] harm this Farm Spirit could speak with
[21:20] animals and control their health
[21:22] blessing them with good births or
[21:24] cursing them with sickness Farmers both
[21:26] feared and honored the Doro because it
[21:29] decided if their animals would live or
[21:31] die like its cousin the domovoy the Doro
[21:34] looked like a small man with thick fur
[21:36] covering its body but its fur matched
[21:38] the color of the favorite animal in its
[21:40] Barn it had bright green eyes that Shone
[21:42] in the dark and long fingers ended in
[21:45] sharp claws for climbing the spirit
[21:47] could change its shape to match any farm
[21:49] animal under its Care One well-known
[21:51] story tells of a Doro that saved a poor
[21:54] Farmer's last cow during a harsh winter
[21:57] the spirit gathered GED warm hay for the
[21:59] cow and led mice to drop bits of grain
[22:02] near its mouth when spring came the cow
[22:04] gave birth to Twin calves and the
[22:06] farmer's luck changed the farmer had
[22:08] left out fresh milk each night earning
[22:11] the spirit's help the dvorovoi shaped
[22:13] how Farmers cared for their animals they
[22:15] never brought new animals to the farm on
[22:17] cloudy days because the spirit disliked
[22:20] bad weather Farmers brushed their horses
[22:22] from head to tail never backward to
[22:25] please the Doro sense of order they kept
[22:27] their barns clean clean and warm knowing
[22:30] the spirit would reward good care with
[22:32] healthy animals and Rich
[22:35] milk the deic haunted Jewish communities
[22:38] across Eastern Europe slipping into the
[22:40] bodies of troubled people and speaking
[22:42] through their mouths this Restless
[22:44] Spirit could enter anyone who showed
[22:46] weakness through sadness or fear people
[22:49] dreaded the deik because it took control
[22:51] of its host completely using their body
[22:53] while the person remained trapped inside
[22:55] aware of everything happening but
[22:57] helpless to stop stop it the diic looked
[23:00] like smoke or clear water when it moved
[23:02] between bodies but once inside a person
[23:05] it showed itself through their changed
[23:06] face and voice the host's eyes turned
[23:09] glassy and distant their skin became
[23:12] pale as paper and they spoke in the
[23:14] Dick's true voice often deep and rough
[23:17] unlike their normal way of talking
[23:19] sometimes the host's body bent and
[23:21] twisted in ways that showed something
[23:22] else lived inside them the most famous
[23:25] diic story tells of a Young Bride named
[23:27] Leah who who became host to the spirit
[23:29] of her dead love shonan during Leah's
[23:32] wedding to another man shonan's diic
[23:35] entered her body and spoke through her
[23:37] stopping the wedding the spirit refused
[23:39] to leave until a group of rabbis men who
[23:42] study holy books work together to force
[23:44] it out through prayer and ancient wisdom
[23:47] the fear of Dix changed how people lived
[23:49] making them careful about showing strong
[23:51] feelings or walking alone at night
[23:54] families watched their grieving
[23:55] relatives closely knowing sadness could
[23:58] open the the door to a dick when someone
[24:00] acted strangely people first wondered if
[24:02] a dick had found them holy men made good
[24:05] money selling charms and prayers they
[24:07] claimed would keep the spirits away
[24:09] people believe dicks were the souls of
[24:11] those who died with deep regret or anger
[24:13] trying to finish something left undone
[24:15] in life this made many Jews think twice
[24:18] about their actions while alive not
[24:20] wanting their souls to become lost
[24:22] Spirits after death communities built
[24:24] special rooms in their places of worship
[24:26] where rabbis could safely remove decks
[24:28] from their hosts without putting others
[24:30] at
[24:32] risk faceless Spirits drifted through
[24:35] the forests of Japan wearing Pure White
[24:38] robes that seemed to float on the
[24:39] evening Breeze these lost souls could
[24:41] steal faces from anyone who looked
[24:43] directly at them leaving their victims
[24:46] blank and smooth like eggs people feared
[24:48] these Spirits most during Festival times
[24:51] when the streets filled with crowds and
[24:53] a faceless one could easily blend in
[24:55] while hunting the spirits stood as tall
[24:57] as GR men but moved like smoke on the
[25:00] Wind their white robes never touching
[25:02] the ground where a face should be they
[25:04] showed only smooth pale skin stretched
[25:07] tight over bone their hands reached out
[25:10] like white spider legs long and thin
[25:12] with too many joints and they gave off a
[25:14] faint glow that looked like Moonlight a
[25:17] memorable story tells of a young girl
[25:19] named aain who met a faceless Spirit at
[25:22] a Summer Festival when the spirit
[25:24] reached for her face aain held up her
[25:26] paper Festival mask as a trick the
[25:28] spirit took the mask instead of her real
[25:30] face trapping itself in the paper form
[25:33] the mask burned to Ash in the morning
[25:35] sun taking the spirit with it Villages
[25:38] changed their festival customs because
[25:40] of these Spirits people wore paper masks
[25:42] not just for fun but for safety parents
[25:45] taught children to walk backwards
[25:47] through crowds so nothing could sneak up
[25:49] and steal their faces Market sellers
[25:52] hung mirrors everywhere believing
[25:54] faceless ones would catch their own
[25:56] empty reflection and run away in shame
[25:59] the spirits grew stronger each time they
[26:00] took a face adding it to their
[26:02] collection like a painter adds colors to
[26:04] a picture anyone who lost their face to
[26:07] these Spirits had to find and destroy
[26:09] the spirit within 7 days or their face
[26:11] would stay part of its collection
[26:13] forever holy men made good money selling
[26:16] special red paper masks that they
[26:18] promised would protect people during
[26:19] Festival
[26:22] season among the Green Hills and Misty
[26:25] forests of Ireland fairies built their
[26:27] homes in secret plac places between our
[26:29] world and theirs these tiny beings held
[26:32] great magic that could either help or
[26:34] harm humans changing their luck or
[26:36] stealing their children people both
[26:38] feared and tried to please the fairies
[26:40] leaving them Gifts of milk and bread to
[26:42] stay in their good graces fairies stood
[26:45] No taller than a human hand with bodies
[26:47] that glowed like Starlight and wings
[26:49] like those of dragonflies their clothes
[26:52] came from flower petals and spider silk
[26:54] shining with all the colors of a rainbow
[26:57] some looked beauti beautiful with
[26:59] perfect tiny faces While others had
[27:01] crooked noses and sharp teeth that
[27:03] showed their Wilder nature the most
[27:05] famous fairy tale tells of a Shoemaker
[27:08] who woke one morning to find his work
[27:09] finished by fairy helpers each night the
[27:12] fairies made shoes more fine than any
[27:15] human could craft bringing the Shoemaker
[27:17] good fortune and wealth but when he and
[27:19] his wife tried to catch sight of the
[27:21] fairies at work the magical beings never
[27:24] returned unhappy that humans had tried
[27:26] to spy on their secret work work people
[27:29] changed many parts of their daily lives
[27:31] to please the fairies they would not
[27:33] build houses where fairy paths ran
[27:35] leaving empty spaces in their towns and
[27:38] Fields mothers pinned iron needles to
[27:40] baby clothes to keep the fairies from
[27:42] stealing their children and leaving
[27:44] changelings fairy babies in their place
[27:47] Farmers left corners of their fields
[27:49] unharvested as fairy shares the power of
[27:52] fairies grew stronger as night fell
[27:54] reaching its peak when the moon was full
[27:56] during these times people heard Fairy
[27:59] music coming from under Hills and saw
[28:01] rings of mushrooms where they had danced
[28:03] anyone who stepped into a fairy ring or
[28:05] ate fairy food would be trapped in the
[28:07] fairy world forever living in Endless
[28:10] parties but losing all sense of human
[28:14] time the felge lived in the fields and
[28:17] Farms of Germany watching over crops and
[28:19] farm animals these nature Spirits held
[28:22] power over the growth of wheat corn and
[28:25] other grains that kept farming families
[28:27] alive people people both feared and
[28:29] respected the felge because these
[28:30] Spirits could either bless their fields
[28:32] with Rich harvests or curse them with
[28:34] crop failure these Spirits looked
[28:37] different to each person who saw them
[28:39] some Farmers reported seeing them as
[28:41] Tiny men with grass green clothing and
[28:43] straw hats others described them as
[28:45] beautiful women wearing dresses made of
[28:47] wheat stalks and crowns of corn flowers
[28:50] many claimed the felge could change
[28:52] their size growing as tall as the grain
[28:54] itself or shrinking smaller than a mouse
[28:57] the most famous story of the felge Tells
[28:59] of a farmer who forgot to leave the last
[29:01] sheath of wheat standing in his field
[29:03] which was the spirit's rightful home the
[29:06] angry felge followed him home and made
[29:08] Mischief all winter spoiling his stored
[29:11] grain and tangling his sheep's wool only
[29:13] when spring came and the farmer planted
[29:15] new crops leaving a corner of the field
[29:18] just for the spirits did the trouble
[29:20] stop the felge shaped how German Farmers
[29:22] worked their land for hundreds of years
[29:25] families left offerings of milk and
[29:27] bread for the Spirits during planting
[29:29] and harvest times many farmers would not
[29:31] cut down the last bunch of grain in
[29:33] their fields tying it into a special
[29:35] shape as a house for the felge instead
[29:38] these Customs helped people feel they
[29:40] had some control over their uncertain
[29:42] lives as
[29:45] Farmers The gaki Haunt the dark corners
[29:48] of Japan as cursed spirits of the hungry
[29:50] dead these beings suffer endless hunger
[29:53] and thirst as punishment for greed or
[29:55] bad actions in their past lives people
[29:57] fear feed gy because they could spread
[29:59] sickness and bad luck but they also felt
[30:02] pity for these suffering Spirits a gaki
[30:04] looks like a human who has starved for
[30:06] years with pale gray skin stretched
[30:09] tight over bones and a stomach swollen
[30:11] from Hunger their mouths are no bigger
[30:13] than the eye of a needle making it
[30:15] impossible to eat or drink enough to
[30:17] ease their pain some gaki grow to be as
[30:20] tall as trees While others shrink down
[30:22] smaller than children but all of them
[30:24] move with jerky desperate movements as
[30:26] they search for food the most famous
[30:28] story tells of a gaki who haunted a
[30:31] village Temple drinking the oil from the
[30:33] sacred lamps each night the clever head
[30:36] monk filled the lamps with holy water
[30:38] instead of oil when the gaki drank the
[30:40] Blessed water it washed away its sins
[30:43] and freed the spirit from its cursed
[30:44] form allowing it to move on to a
[30:47] peaceful rest the belief in gaki changed
[30:49] how Japanese people thought about greed
[30:51] and waste families would leave small
[30:54] offerings of food and water outside
[30:56] their homes hoping to ease the Spirit
[30:58] suffering and keep them from causing
[31:00] trouble many people used stories of the
[31:03] gaki to teach their children about
[31:04] sharing and warn them against being
[31:08] selfish the gashadokuro stalks the dark
[31:11] roads and empty fields of Japan as a
[31:13] giant made of human bones this Spirit
[31:16] towers 15 times taller than a normal
[31:19] person and can turn invisible at will
[31:21] people feared these monsters because
[31:23] they would grab lone Travelers at night
[31:25] and bite off their heads drinking the
[31:27] blood that sprayed up from their
[31:29] victim's necks the monster looks like a
[31:31] huge skeleton with glowing red eyes and
[31:34] a jaw that can open wide enough to
[31:36] swallow a horse its Bones come from
[31:38] people who died from Hunger during Wars
[31:40] and famines their angry Spirits joining
[31:43] together to form one giant skeleton the
[31:45] gashadokuro bones make a terrible
[31:47] rattling sound as it walks like hundreds
[31:50] of wooden Sticks being shaken together
[31:52] the most famous story tells of a samurai
[31:55] who heard the sound of rattling bones
[31:57] while riding home one night the clever
[31:59] Warrior remembered that temple bells
[32:01] could drive away evil spirits he raced
[32:03] to the nearest Temple and rang its giant
[32:05] Bell making the gashadokuro shrink away
[32:08] and fall apart into piles of normal
[32:10] bones Japanese people changed their
[32:12] habits because of The gashadokuro
[32:14] Travelers would carry small bells with
[32:16] them on night Journeys and ring them
[32:18] often to stay safe Villages made sure to
[32:21] give proper burials to everyone who died
[32:24] even strangers hoping to prevent angry
[32:26] Spirits from joining together into these
[32:28] bone Giants the fear of gashadokuro also
[32:31] LED people to help others in need
[32:33] families shared food during hard times
[32:36] and took care of their neighbors
[32:37] believing that letting people die from
[32:39] Hunger would create more of these
[32:41] monsters many villages kept records of
[32:43] those who died without proper burials so
[32:46] priests could say prayers for their
[32:50] Spirits the aisle of man a small island
[32:53] between England and Ireland became home
[32:55] to one of the strangest beings in
[32:56] folklore during the 1930s Jeff who
[32:59] called himself a talking Mongoose
[33:02] claimed he could speak several languages
[33:04] and spy on the Island's people the
[33:06] Irving family who lived in a remote
[33:08] Farmhouse said this clever creature
[33:10] brought them news from miles away and
[33:12] knew Secrets no animal should know his
[33:15] appearance mixed familiar animals in an
[33:17] odd way that made people unsure what he
[33:19] truly was Witnesses described him as
[33:22] smaller than a house cat with yellow fur
[33:24] like a mongoose but a bushy tail like a
[33:26] squirrel the Irving said he had small
[33:28] hands that could hold things a
[33:30] high-pitched voice that sounded Almost
[33:32] Human and bright eyes that glowed in the
[33:34] dark the most famous story about Jeff
[33:37] began when he first spoke to the Irving
[33:39] family through their walls he started by
[33:41] copying their words then began telling
[33:43] jokes and singing songs soon he was
[33:46] bringing them gossip from around the
[33:47] island claiming he could run faster than
[33:50] any car and slip through the smallest
[33:52] holes to learn people's Secrets the
[33:54] mystery of geff changed how many
[33:56] Islanders lived their daily lives some
[33:58] feared leaving their homes alone worried
[34:01] the creature might be watching them
[34:02] others made the long journey to the
[34:04] Irving Farm hoping to hear GE speak
[34:06] though he often refused to show himself
[34:08] to visitors the local newspaper wrote
[34:11] about him so often that people far
[34:13] beyond the aisle of Man became curious
[34:15] about the talking Mongoose the story
[34:17] grew so big that experts from London
[34:19] came to study geff trying to prove if he
[34:22] was real or fake while they found small
[34:24] Footprints and heard strange voices no
[34:27] one ever caught or photographed the
[34:29] creature clearly even today people still
[34:32] debate whether GE was a clever trick a
[34:34] real animal or something else that no
[34:36] one could
[34:39] explain the mountains of Lebanon hold
[34:41] stories of the GD a deadly Shape Shifter
[34:44] that hunts lonely Travelers at night
[34:46] this being can change from Human to
[34:48] beast in moments using its powers to
[34:51] trick people who walk alone villagers
[34:53] feared the godar because it could look
[34:55] like someone they knew even copying
[34:57] their voice voice and movements
[34:58] perfectly in its true form the gdar
[35:01] looks like a mix between a large wolf
[35:03] and a human it walks on two legs like a
[35:06] person but has thick fur covering its
[35:08] body sharp claws instead of fingers and
[35:11] yellow eyes that glow in the dark the
[35:13] creature stands as tall as a doorway and
[35:16] has teeth longer than a human finger one
[35:18] famous story tells of a young man who
[35:20] met a friend on the road late at night
[35:22] they walked together until the friend
[35:24] asked to stop and rest in the shadows as
[35:26] they sat down the young man noticed his
[35:28] friend's shadow on the Rocks looked like
[35:30] a monster he ran away just as the godar
[35:33] showed its true form and tried to grab
[35:35] him with its claws the fear of the godar
[35:38] changed how people lived in Lebanese
[35:40] Villages no one traveled alone after
[35:42] Sunset and parents warn children to stay
[35:45] close to home at night people learned to
[35:47] look for signs that someone might be a
[35:49] goddar in Disguise like staying away
[35:51] from bright lights or speaking in an odd
[35:53] way houses in Mountain Villages kept
[35:55] special metal charms above their doors
[35:57] to keep the goddar away Travelers
[36:00] carried small bags of salt which stories
[36:02] said would make the creature show its
[36:04] real shape if thrown at it these old
[36:06] habits became part of daily life and
[36:08] some people still follow them
[36:11] today along dark roads and in empty
[36:14] houses across every land ghosts make
[36:17] their homes between our world and
[36:19] whatever lies Beyond these spirits of
[36:21] the Dead can pass through walls become
[36:24] invisible or take forms that mirror how
[36:26] they looked in life people both fear and
[36:29] respect ghosts because they remind us
[36:31] that death is not always the end of a
[36:33] story a ghost might look like a pale
[36:36] copy of its former self see through like
[36:38] fog or thin glass some appear as spots
[36:41] of light that float in the air While
[36:43] others look solid until they vanish into
[36:45] nothing many ghosts wear the clothes
[36:47] they dyed in though these outfits often
[36:49] seem old or torn the most famous ghost
[36:52] story comes from a small town where a
[36:54] young woman in a white dress appears on
[36:56] the side of a road laid at at night she
[36:58] asks drivers for a ride home but when
[37:00] they reach the address she gives she
[37:03] disappears from the car when the drivers
[37:05] check the house they learn a girl
[37:07] matching her description died in an
[37:09] accident many years ago ghost stories
[37:11] changed how people build and arrange
[37:13] their homes even today many avoid
[37:15] putting mirrors across from beds because
[37:17] ghosts might use them as doors some
[37:20] leave out food or drink for spirits of
[37:22] family members who have died in Japan
[37:25] people count their guests in photographs
[37:27] carefully worried that an extra face
[37:29] might show a ghost has joined their
[37:31] group these beings connect the world of
[37:33] the living to the world of the Dead
[37:35] carrying messages or Warnings across
[37:37] this line some return because they have
[37:39] unfinished business While others stay to
[37:42] watch over people they love ghost
[37:44] stories teach us that the bonds between
[37:46] people can be stronger than death
[37:49] itself the ghoul prowled ancient
[37:52] graveyards in the lands between Egypt
[37:54] and Iraq this hungry Spirit could change
[37:56] its shape to trick people into walking
[37:58] alone at night people across the Middle
[38:00] East feared ghouls because these beings
[38:02] ate human flesh and lived in places of
[38:04] death waiting to catch anyone who
[38:06] wandered too close to their hunting
[38:08] grounds a ghoul looked like a mix
[38:10] between a human and a wild dog with
[38:13] sharp claws and glowing eyes that shined
[38:15] yellow in the dark it could make itself
[38:17] appear as a normal person but its feet
[38:20] always stayed backwards pointing behind
[38:22] instead of ahead the ghoul's skin was
[38:24] rough and gray like old leather and it
[38:27] gave off a smell like spoiled meat the
[38:29] most famous tale of the ghoul tells of a
[38:32] merchant who met a crying woman beside a
[38:34] graveyard at night the woman asked him
[38:36] to help find her Lost Child but when the
[38:38] merchant followed her between the graves
[38:40] she changed into her true form the
[38:43] merchant ran away and found shelter in a
[38:45] nearby Shrine staying there until
[38:47] sunrise forced the ghoul to hide the
[38:49] fear of ghouls changed how people lived
[38:52] their daily lives no one walked near
[38:54] graveyards after dark and travelers
[38:56] always went in groups with torches and
[38:58] weapons parents used stories of ghouls
[39:00] to teach children to stay close to home
[39:02] at night and to be careful of strangers
[39:04] who asked for help in Dark
[39:08] Places the Grim Reaper walks through
[39:10] both the world of the living and the
[39:12] dead marking the end of life for all
[39:14] beings this dark figure carries a long
[39:17] curved blade called a scythe which it
[39:20] uses to cut the ties between Body and
[39:22] Soul people across Europe feared seeing
[39:24] the reaper because its presence meant
[39:26] death would SU soon follow dressed in a
[39:29] black robe that flows like smoke the
[39:31] reaper stands taller than any human its
[39:34] face stays hidden in the shadows of a
[39:36] deep Hood with only gleaming eyes
[39:38] visible in the darkness pale bony hands
[39:41] grip its farming tool turned deadly
[39:43] weapon and wherever it walks the air
[39:45] grows cold the most famous story tells
[39:48] of a wealthy Merchant who tried to cheat
[39:50] death when the reaper came for him the
[39:53] merchant offered all his gold for more
[39:55] time the reaper stayed silent and
[39:57] reached out its hand the merchant ran
[39:59] from town to town but each night those
[40:01] gleaming eyes watched from the Shadows
[40:04] until finally his time ran out the
[40:07] reaper shaped how people thought about
[40:08] death and dying some saw it as cruel and
[40:11] tried to fight against their fate While
[40:13] others viewed it as a friend who guided
[40:15] souls to their final rest in times of
[40:18] great sickness or War people claimed to
[40:20] see The Reaper walking through towns
[40:22] choosing who would live and who would
[40:26] die among the shadows of Korean homes
[40:29] and Villages the gson haunts the living
[40:31] with a burning need for Revenge this
[40:34] angry Spirit returns from Death when
[40:36] someone dies with strong feelings of
[40:38] hate or sadness people feared gson
[40:40] because these ghosts would follow their
[40:42] targets day and night causing bad luck
[40:45] and illness until they got what they
[40:46] wanted the gson looks like a woman in a
[40:49] white dress the kind used to bury the
[40:51] dead in Korea her black hair hangs loose
[40:54] and messy over her face hiding dark
[40:56] empty eyes the ghost floats above the
[40:58] ground her feet never touching the Earth
[41:01] and her hands reach out with long bony
[41:03] fingers toward her victims a famous
[41:05] story tells of a young woman who died on
[41:07] her wedding day she came back as a gon
[41:10] and haunted her groom who had secretly
[41:12] loved another each night she appeared in
[41:14] his room crying tears of blood until the
[41:17] guilt made him confess his lies to her
[41:19] family only then did her spirit find
[41:21] peace and leave this world the fear of
[41:24] gson changed how people treated others
[41:26] in life and death families worked hard
[41:28] to solve any fights before someone died
[41:30] hoping to prevent their return as an
[41:32] angry ghost when someone passed away
[41:34] with unfinished business people would
[41:36] hold special ceremonies to calm the
[41:39] spirit and help it move
[41:42] on the Hana stalked The Gardens and
[41:44] forests of Japan burning with jealousy
[41:47] and hate this demon began her life as a
[41:50] human woman whose love turned to dark
[41:52] magic and rage people feared Thea
[41:55] because she could read minds and knew
[41:57] knew their deepest Secrets using this
[41:59] knowledge to destroy families and
[42:01] relationships her face shows the pain of
[42:03] her change from woman to demon two sharp
[42:06] horns grow from her forehead and her
[42:08] mouth stretches wide with long fangs
[42:10] like a snake her eyes glow red with
[42:13] anger and her skin shines like metal in
[42:15] Moonlight she wears the torn remains of
[42:18] fine silk robes showing her past life as
[42:21] a noble lady one tale speaks of a court
[42:23] Lady Who Loved a prince who married
[42:25] another her sadness turned to hate and
[42:28] she studied dark magic until she became
[42:30] a haa she haunted the prince's dreams
[42:33] and poisoned his thoughts against his
[42:34] wife when the prince went mad and his
[42:36] family fell to ruin the haa laughed but
[42:39] her tears fell like blood on the ground
[42:42] Villages set up special shrines to keep
[42:44] Hana away from their homes women in love
[42:47] gave gifts to these shrines hoping to
[42:49] protect their hearts from turning dark
[42:51] mothers taught their daughters to guard
[42:53] against jealousy warning that even the
[42:55] smallest seed of hate could grow into a
[42:57] demon priests made special masks showing
[43:00] the hana's face which they used in plays
[43:03] and ceremonies these masks changed how
[43:05] they looked based on how you held them
[43:08] tilted up they showed rage tilted down
[43:10] they showed sadness people said this
[43:12] showed how close love and hate lived in
[43:15] the human
[43:17] heart the hatman moves through shadows
[43:20] and appears in bedrooms across the world
[43:22] this tall dark figure watches people
[43:25] while they sleep or rest standing still
[43:27] in corners or doorways people fear the
[43:30] hatman because he brings feelings of
[43:32] dread and helplessness making them
[43:34] unable to move or cry out while he
[43:36] stands in their room like a shadow given
[43:39] life the hatman stands over 7 ft tall
[43:42] and wears an old style wide brimmed hat
[43:45] and long coat his body seems made of
[43:47] deep Darkness darker than the night
[43:49] around him no one has ever seen his face
[43:52] clearly but some say they see red eyes
[43:54] glowing under his hat a famous report
[43:56] tells of a young boy who woke to find
[43:58] the hatman in his room night after night
[44:01] the figure never spoke or moved toward
[44:03] him just watched from the corner when
[44:05] the boy's family moved to a new home
[44:07] hundreds of miles away the hatman
[44:09] followed appearing in his new bedroom on
[44:12] the first night the hatman changed how
[44:14] many people view their own homes and
[44:16] bedrooms some leave lights on all night
[44:18] or put mirrors facing their beds to
[44:20] watch for him others who see him feel
[44:22] marked or chosen carrying a fear that he
[44:25] might return each time they Clos their R
[44:27] to sleep unlike most shadow people who
[44:29] pass quickly the hatman returns to the
[44:32] same people many times those who see him
[44:34] often meet others who have seen him too
[44:36] sharing similar details about his look
[44:39] and the fear he brings even though they
[44:41] live in different parts of the
[44:44] world the Headless corpse stalked the
[44:46] Misty roads and dark alleys of medieval
[44:49] England this Walking Dead thing searched
[44:51] endless for its missing head grabbing
[44:53] any person who came too close people
[44:56] feared these spirits because they would
[44:57] try to steal a living person's head to
[45:00] replace their own the spirit wore the
[45:02] rotting clothes it died in with torn and
[45:04] dirty fabric hanging from its body where
[45:07] its head should be only a ragged stump
[45:09] of neck remained sometimes dripping
[45:11] ghostly blood that vanished before
[45:13] touching the ground its hands reached
[45:15] out with long grasping fingers as it
[45:17] stumbled forward one tale tells of a
[45:20] merchant who rode his horse down a foggy
[45:22] road at night a headless figure stepped
[45:24] out of the Mist and grabbed his leg
[45:26] trying to to pull him from his horse the
[45:28] merchant kicked free and rode hard but
[45:30] the corpse followed running as fast as
[45:33] the horse until they passed a church the
[45:35] Holy Ground forced the spirit to stop
[45:37] people changed their daily habits to
[45:39] avoid meeting these Spirits they refused
[45:42] to travel alone after dark and carried
[45:44] protective charms blessed by priests
[45:47] towns built shrines at spots where
[45:49] headless corpses appeared hoping to give
[45:51] the Restless Dead peace and protect
[45:53] Travelers who passed by when bodies were
[45:55] found without heads from accidents or
[45:57] murder towns performed special burial
[46:00] rights they placed heavy stones on the
[46:02] grave and said prayers to keep the dead
[46:04] from rising to search for their missing
[46:06] parts some Graves still show these
[46:08] Stones today marking the resting places
[46:10] of the Headless
[46:13] dead the hellhound prowled the
[46:15] crossroads and graveyards of Northern
[46:17] Europe guarding the border between the
[46:19] world of the living and the dead these
[46:22] giant black dogs stood as tall as a
[46:24] horse with eyes that glowed like balls
[46:26] of fire in the night people both feared
[46:29] and respected hellhounds believing they
[46:31] could smell death on those marked for
[46:33] the afterlife the beast's appearance
[46:35] struck Terror into all who saw it its
[46:38] fur was blacker than the darkest night
[46:40] and smoke curled from its sharp teeth
[46:42] and massive Jaws like Shadows come to
[46:45] life hellhounds could melt Into Darkness
[46:47] at will their howls echoed for Miles a
[46:50] sound that made blood run cold and
[46:52] hearts stop beating the most famous tale
[46:54] tells of a hellhound that haunted black
[46:56] Shucks Lane in England one stormy night
[46:59] it burst through the doors of a church
[47:01] killing two people with a single glance
[47:04] from its blazing eyes the church steeple
[47:06] fell that same night as if struck down
[47:09] by the creature's power claw marks can
[47:11] still be seen on the church door today
[47:13] people changed their habits to avoid
[47:15] meeting these creatures they stayed away
[47:17] from graveyards at night and refused to
[47:19] walk alone on dark roads if someone
[47:21] reported seeing a hellhound folks would
[47:24] Gather in groups for safety knowing that
[47:26] the sight of one often meant death would
[47:28] visit their Village soon some left
[47:30] offerings of food at Crossroads hoping
[47:32] to keep the beasts away from their homes
[47:34] and
[47:37] families the hin prowled the hot deserts
[47:39] of ancient Arabia shifting between the
[47:41] forms of a black dog a fierce wolf and a
[47:44] horrid demon this shape-changing Spirit
[47:47] held the power to enter a traveler's
[47:49] dreams and lead them deep into deadly
[47:52] sandstorms people feared the hin most
[47:54] during the darkest nights of winter when
[47:56] it's haunting howls echoed across the
[47:58] dunes and warned of coming storms at
[48:01] first glance Travelers might mistake the
[48:03] hin for a normal desert dog with thick
[48:06] black fur and glowing yellow eyes yet
[48:08] this creature stood as tall as a camel
[48:11] when it wished with claws sharp as
[48:13] daggers and teeth that shimmered like
[48:15] pearls in the Moonlight in its demon
[48:17] form the Hinn's skin turned gray as Ash
[48:20] while great wings of Shadow spread from
[48:22] its shoulders and its eyes burned red as
[48:25] hot coals the most famous tale of the
[48:27] hin Tells of a rich Merchant who mocked
[48:29] the creature's power one cold night the
[48:32] Hinn visited the Merchant's dreams and
[48:34] led his Caravan Into the Heart of a
[48:36] great Sandstorm when morning came
[48:38] Travelers found the merchants camels
[48:40] wandering the dunes alone their Master
[48:42] lost forever to the Desert Winds desert
[48:45] tribes learned to watch for signs of the
[48:47] hin before starting any Journey they
[48:49] kept special amulets of blue stone to
[48:52] ward off its Dream Magic and never
[48:54] camped near places where wild dogs
[48:56] gather
[48:57] Travelers shared warnings about the hins
[48:59] hunting grounds and made offerings of
[49:01] meat at Crossroads to keep the spirit
[49:05] peaceful the hodu lived in the mountains
[49:08] of ancient China bringing both fire and
[49:10] wisdom to those who lived nearby this
[49:13] Mighty dragon-like Beast carried a
[49:15] special fire in its belly that could
[49:17] burn hot enough to melt Stone unlike
[49:20] other dragons that people feared the huu
[49:22] earned respect from villagers because it
[49:24] used its Flames to help rather rather
[49:26] than harm the huo stood as tall as three
[49:29] houses stacked on top of each other with
[49:32] scales that Shone like copper in the sun
[49:34] its neck stretched long and graceful
[49:37] like a swans but thick muscles rippled
[49:39] beneath its skin when it opened its
[49:41] mouth people saw teeth sharp as swords
[49:44] and a tongue that glowed like hot coals
[49:46] one famous tale suggests a time when
[49:48] endless winter gripped the land and
[49:50] people could not cook their food or stay
[49:52] warm the huu heard their cries and flew
[49:55] down from its Mountain home it breathed
[49:58] its magical fire into special Stones
[50:00] teaching people how to keep the Flames
[50:02] burning forever these Stones became the
[50:04] first hearths in Chinese homes the hoodo
[50:07] changed how people lived by giving them
[50:09] the gift of lasting fire families began
[50:12] to gather around hears to cook tell
[50:14] stories and stay warm together Villages
[50:17] grew larger because people could now
[50:19] live comfortably in cold places and they
[50:21] always left small Gifts of food near
[50:23] their hearths to thank the hodu for its
[50:26] help the caring nature of the huadu made
[50:28] it different from other fire creatures
[50:30] in stories While most fire breathing
[50:32] beasts destroyed things the huo built
[50:35] communities by sharing its gift parents
[50:38] told their children to be like the huo
[50:40] to use their talents to help others
[50:42] rather than cause
[50:45] harm the anpi a sacred spirit guide of
[50:48] the Lakota people dwelled in the steam
[50:51] of special dome-shaped lodges across the
[50:53] Great Plains of North America this
[50:55] powerful being could cleanse both Body
[50:58] and Soul through the sacred ceremony of
[51:00] the sweat lodge where it turned ordinary
[51:02] steam into healing medicine the Lakota
[51:05] people deeply respected the anpi for its
[51:07] ability to bring Clarity of mind and
[51:10] heal sickness through the steam that
[51:12] filled these special places the anpi
[51:14] took shape in thick clouds of steam that
[51:16] Rose from heated Stones forming shapes
[51:19] that medicine people could read like
[51:21] sacred messages inside the dark Lodge it
[51:24] moved like dancing fog touching each
[51:26] person with warm fingers of mist that
[51:29] seemed to know exactly where healing was
[51:31] needed the steam could grow as tall as a
[51:33] standing person or spread low across the
[51:36] ground like a blanket of clouds the most
[51:38] famous story of the anpi Tells of a time
[51:40] when sickness spread through a laota
[51:43] camp during a harsh winter as people
[51:45] grew weak and hope faded a medicine man
[51:47] built a sweat lodge and called upon the
[51:49] anepe the Spirit came in a great cloud
[51:52] of steam and over four days and nights
[51:55] it worked through the medicine man to
[51:57] heal the entire Camp leaving no one
[51:59] Untouched by its healing power the inipi
[52:02] shaped how the Lakota people cared for
[52:04] their health and spirit families would
[52:06] visit the sweat lodge to ask the inpi
[52:08] for help before making big choices
[52:11] Healing The Sick or preparing for sacred
[52:13] ceremonies the steam Spirit taught
[52:15] people that healing comes through
[52:17] cleansing both the body and mind
[52:19] together not just treating the outer
[52:21] signs of
[52:23] sickness the jangi haunted villages
[52:26] across ancient China hopping through
[52:28] dark streets at night in search of
[52:30] living victims this Undead creature
[52:33] drained life force from people by
[52:35] touching them leaving behind Cold pale
[52:37] bodies both common people and rulers
[52:40] feared these monsters because they could
[52:42] turn their victims into more jangi
[52:44] spreading like a deadly disease through
[52:46] towns the jangi looked like a stiff
[52:49] corpse wearing Old Government clothes
[52:51] from long ago with its arms stretched
[52:54] out in front its skin turned green or
[52:56] black after death and long fingernails
[52:59] grew like Claws from its hands a yellow
[53:01] paper with magic words stuck to its
[53:03] forehead kept it from becoming fully
[53:05] awake and even more dangerous the most
[53:08] famous story tells of a jangi that woke
[53:10] up in a temple when its paper fell off
[53:12] during a storm the hopping corpse chased
[53:15] the temple keeper through the Halls
[53:16] until sunrise the keeper survived by
[53:19] holding his breath when the jangi came
[53:21] near since these creatures found their
[53:23] prey by listening for breathing this
[53:25] tale taught people an important way to
[53:27] hide from the monsters people changed
[53:30] their daily lives to stay safe from
[53:31] jangi they came home before dark and put
[53:34] rice or coins outside their doors
[53:36] because the creatures had to stop and
[53:38] count each grain or piece families hung
[53:41] mirrors on their front Gates since jangi
[53:43] feared their own reflection these habits
[53:45] became part of Chinese culture and
[53:48] parents still warn children not to stay
[53:49] out late by telling jangi
[53:53] stories in Old Japan the jikininki
[53:56] haunted graveyards and places where
[53:58] people died these hungry ghosts could
[54:00] smell death from many miles away and
[54:03] rush to eat the bodies of the dead
[54:05] people feared these Spirits not just for
[54:07] their awful eating habits but because
[54:09] anyone who lived a selfish life could
[54:11] become one after death the jikininki
[54:14] looked like rotting corpses dressed in
[54:16] Old burial clothes their skin hung loose
[54:18] on their bones and their eyes glowed red
[54:21] in the dark they had long sharp claws
[54:23] for digging up Graves and teeth like
[54:25] knives for tearing flesh though they
[54:28] could walk through walls and become
[54:29] invisible they could not hide their
[54:31] terrible smell of Decay the most famous
[54:34] story tells of a Buddhist priest who met
[54:36] a jigy ninki living alone in an
[54:38] abandoned Temple the ghost served the
[54:41] priest dinner and gave him a place to
[54:42] sleep that night the priest woke to see
[54:45] the jiin ninki in its true form eating a
[54:47] corpse from the village instead of
[54:49] running away the priest prayed for the
[54:51] spirit his prayers helped free the ghost
[54:54] from its curse these creatures taught
[54:56] people about the price of greed and
[54:58] selfishness families made sure to honor
[55:00] their dead with proper burials and
[55:02] ceremonies to prevent their loved ones
[55:04] from becoming Jen ninki the stories
[55:06] warned people to live good lives and
[55:08] help others or risk becoming hungry
[55:10] ghosts themselves Buddhist priests often
[55:12] told these Tales to teach people about
[55:14] kindness and the results of bad
[55:18] actions the kcki cat haunts the dark
[55:21] Halls of kcki house in Ireland's Dublin
[55:23] mountains this ghostly black cat grows
[55:25] to the side size of a large dog and
[55:27] appears only at night local people both
[55:30] fear and respect this spirit because it
[55:32] guards ancient secrets of the house and
[55:34] shows itself to warn of coming danger
[55:37] the cat looks like any normal black
[55:39] house cat at first but it can change its
[55:41] size at will its eyes shine bright green
[55:44] in the darkness and its fur seems to
[55:46] absorb all light around it when it walks
[55:48] it makes no sound and it can pass
[55:51] through solid walls as if they were made
[55:52] of air one cold winter night in the
[55:55] 1800s the lady of kcki house saw the
[55:58] giant cat in her bedroom instead of
[56:00] running away she watched as it grew
[56:02] larger and pointed with its paw toward
[56:04] the window when she looked outside she
[56:07] saw flames in the stable thanks to the
[56:09] cat's warning she saved all her horses
[56:11] before the fire could harm them the kiy
[56:14] cat changed how people saw the old house
[56:17] families who lived there began to
[56:18] welcome its presence seeing it as a
[56:21] guardian rather than a threat even today
[56:23] visitors to kiliki house hope to catch a
[56:26] glimp of the mysterious cat and many
[56:28] leave small Gifts of milk or fish near
[56:30] the spots where it often
[56:33] appears the Cobalt prowled through
[56:36] German mines and homes bringing either
[56:38] good fortune or terrible luck to those
[56:40] it met this small Spirit could turn
[56:42] invisible at will and possessed great
[56:45] skill in metal work especially with
[56:47] silver and gold miners and Crafts People
[56:49] left small Gifts of food and wine to
[56:51] earn the Cobalt's favor fearing its
[56:54] power to either help their work flourish
[56:56] or cause endless Misfortune the creature
[56:58] stood No taller than a young child with
[57:01] bright red hair and wrinkled leathery
[57:03] skin that glowed softly in the dark its
[57:06] eyes shimmered like polished copper
[57:07] coins and its clever fingers moved
[57:10] quickly as it worked the Cobalt often
[57:12] wore simple clothes like Miners and
[57:14] Craftsmen though its garments never
[57:16] showed signs of wear or dirt one famous
[57:18] tale tells of a Cobalt named henselman
[57:21] who lived in HUD Mulan Castle the spirit
[57:23] protected the noble family living there
[57:25] warning them of coming dangers and
[57:27] helping their servants with heavy tasks
[57:29] but when guests mocked his small size or
[57:32] forgot to leave him gifts henselman
[57:34] played tricks on them hiding their
[57:35] belongings tangling their hair while
[57:37] they slept and making strange noises in
[57:40] the night German families changed their
[57:42] daily habits to please these household
[57:44] Spirits they kept their homes clean and
[57:47] orderly never went to bed with dirty
[57:49] dishes in the sink and always saved a
[57:51] small portion of their meals as
[57:53] offerings miners carved special niches
[57:55] into tunnel walls where they left
[57:57] candles and bread for their Cobalt
[57:59] helpers believing this would lead them
[58:01] to Rich veins of ore and protect them
[58:03] from
[58:05] Cavin the cuud lived in the thick
[58:08] forests of eastern Australia where it
[58:10] moved silently through the trees at
[58:12] night this giant creature could make
[58:14] itself invisible at will which helped it
[58:16] hunt and watch over its home Aboriginal
[58:19] peoples both feared and respected the
[58:21] cud because it protected good people who
[58:24] cared for the land but punished those
[58:26] who harmed the forest the beings looked
[58:28] like a mix between a giant owl and a
[58:30] tree kangaroo with soft gray fur and
[58:33] huge golden eyes that glowed in the dark
[58:36] it stood as tall as three men when on
[58:38] its back legs with long arms that ended
[58:40] in curved claws sharp as Stone knives
[58:43] its head could turn all the way around
[58:45] like an owl's and its feet were so soft
[58:47] it could walk without making a sound the
[58:49] most famous story of the cuud Tells of
[58:52] how it saved a lost child who had
[58:54] wandered into the forest at night the
[58:56] creature made itself visible to the
[58:58] scared young boy and led him safely home
[59:00] through the darkness along the way it
[59:03] scared away dangerous animals and helped
[59:05] the child find fresh water and sweet
[59:07] berries to eat people who lived near the
[59:09] forest changed their ways because of the
[59:11] cuud they taught their children to walk
[59:13] softly and respect the trees plants and
[59:15] animals Hunters would leave small Gifts
[59:18] of food for the creature and ask its
[59:20] blessing before taking what they needed
[59:22] from the forest parents told their
[59:24] children that the cuckood watched over
[59:26] them keeping them safe as long as they
[59:28] cared for the
[59:30] land lampia lived on a bright island in
[59:33] the warm Seas near Greece she and her
[59:36] sister watched over their father's
[59:38] special cattle which glowed with the
[59:40] light of the Sun as one of the daughters
[59:42] of the sun god Helios she had the power
[59:44] to sense when anyone came near the
[59:46] sacred animals she protected her beauty
[59:49] matched the Golden Glow of daylight with
[59:51] hair that Shone like morning rays and
[59:54] eyes that sparkled like stars she wore
[59:56] flowing white robes that caught the wind
[59:58] as she walked among the cattle each day
[01:00:01] like her father she stood much taller
[01:00:03] than normal humans and her voice rang
[01:00:05] out like Bells across the waters the
[01:00:07] most famous story of lichia tells how
[01:00:09] she caught the hungry crew of
[01:00:11] odyusa cattle when the sailors tried to
[01:00:14] take the animals for food she flew
[01:00:16] straight to her father and told him what
[01:00:18] happened Helios became so angry that he
[01:00:21] asked Zeus to punish The Men Who had
[01:00:22] eaten his sacred cows the story of
[01:00:25] lichia taught Sailors and travelers to
[01:00:27] respect holy places and animals that
[01:00:29] belong to the gods people would leave
[01:00:32] small gifts at shrines near the coast to
[01:00:34] ask for her protection during sea
[01:00:35] Journeys Farmers also prayed to her to
[01:00:38] watch over their own cattle and keep
[01:00:39] them safe from
[01:00:42] thieves lemures haunted the streets and
[01:00:45] houses of ancient Rome during special
[01:00:47] festivals for the dead these angry
[01:00:49] Spirits cause trouble for the living
[01:00:51] appearing at night to frighten people
[01:00:53] and bring bad luck to homes Romans fear
[01:00:56] these ghosts because they belong to
[01:00:57] people who died far from home or never
[01:01:00] got a proper burial the Romans pictured
[01:01:02] lemures as seeth through Shadows that
[01:01:04] could walk through walls they looked
[01:01:06] like thin gray figures with Hollow eyes
[01:01:09] and long grabbing fingers some stories
[01:01:12] said they wore dark cloaks that floated
[01:01:14] in the air making them look like pieces
[01:01:16] of night that had come alive every May
[01:01:18] Roman families tried to chase these
[01:01:20] Spirits away during the lamuria festival
[01:01:23] the head of each house walked Barefoot
[01:01:24] at midnight spitting hting black beans
[01:01:26] behind him and telling the lemures to
[01:01:28] leave he banged bronze pots and asked
[01:01:30] nine times for the angry ghost to go
[01:01:32] away never looking back as he did this
[01:01:35] the fear of lemures changed how Romans
[01:01:37] lived and built their homes they put
[01:01:39] special charms near windows and doors to
[01:01:42] keep the spirits out families were
[01:01:44] careful to give all their dead relatives
[01:01:46] proper funerals hoping they would not
[01:01:48] come back as lemures they also kept
[01:01:50] their houses clean and peaceful
[01:01:52] believing this would help keep angry
[01:01:53] ghosts away
[01:01:57] the light elves lived in a bright world
[01:01:59] called Alim high above the realm of
[01:02:01] humans in Norse mythology these magical
[01:02:04] beings glowed with their own Inner Light
[01:02:06] which they used to help plants grow and
[01:02:08] heal sick creatures people looked up to
[01:02:11] light elves as wise teachers who shared
[01:02:13] knowledge about Nature's secrets and the
[01:02:15] changing seasons their beauty set them
[01:02:17] apart from all other beings in the nine
[01:02:19] worlds light elves stood as tall as
[01:02:22] humans but moved with the grace of
[01:02:24] flowing water their skin shimmered like
[01:02:26] Moonlight on snow and their hair caught
[01:02:29] the sun like threads of gold their eyes
[01:02:31] held all the colors of the sunrise and
[01:02:33] they wore clothes woven from Starlight a
[01:02:36] famous story explains how a light elf
[01:02:38] named frer fell in love with a Giant's
[01:02:40] daughter named gird fryer gave up his
[01:02:42] magical sword and sent his trusted
[01:02:44] friend to win gird's heart the friend
[01:02:47] crossed dangerous lands and faced Fierce
[01:02:49] guards to deliver freer's message after
[01:02:51] 9 days gird agreed to meet fer in a
[01:02:54] peaceful Grove light elves shaped how
[01:02:56] Norse people viewed Beauty and goodness
[01:02:59] Farmers prayed to them for healthy crops
[01:03:01] and gentle weather healers asked for
[01:03:03] their help with difficult illnesses
[01:03:05] parents told their children that being
[01:03:07] kind and honest would make them as
[01:03:08] lovely as the light elves teaching good
[01:03:10] values through these
[01:03:13] stories the little people lived in the
[01:03:16] Green Hills and forests of Ireland
[01:03:18] keeping themselves hidden from human
[01:03:20] eyes these tiny magical beings known as
[01:03:23] leprechauns and fairies held great power
[01:03:26] over luck and Fortune Irish people both
[01:03:28] feared and respected them knowing the
[01:03:31] little people could either help or harm
[01:03:33] those who crossed their paths their size
[01:03:35] ranged from as small as a child's finger
[01:03:37] to No taller than a three-year-old child
[01:03:40] most little people dressed in green or
[01:03:42] brown clothes that matched the leaves
[01:03:44] and trees where they lived they often
[01:03:46] had pointed ears bright eyes that
[01:03:48] sparkled with mischief and quick Nimble
[01:03:51] movements that let them vanish in the
[01:03:53] blink of an eye the most famous story
[01:03:55] tells of a man who caught a leprechaun
[01:03:57] and forced him to reveal where he had
[01:03:59] hidden his gold the leprechaun pointed
[01:04:01] to a field of flowers and said his
[01:04:04] treasure lay under a specific plant the
[01:04:06] man tied a red ribbon to Mark the Spot
[01:04:09] but when he returned with a shovel he
[01:04:11] found the leprechan had tied red ribbons
[01:04:13] to every flower in The Field Irish
[01:04:15] families left small Gifts of milk and
[01:04:17] bread outside their doors to keep the
[01:04:19] little people happy Farmers would not
[01:04:22] build on certain Hills believing they
[01:04:24] belonged to the fairies parents taught
[01:04:26] their children to be polite when
[01:04:27] speaking about the little people who
[01:04:29] might be listening from nearby Shadows
[01:04:31] or trees the belief in little people
[01:04:34] shaped How the Irish built their homes
[01:04:36] and Roads often creating paths that
[01:04:38] curved around fairy rings Circles of
[01:04:41] mushrooms thought to Mark magical ground
[01:04:43] these tiny beings taught people to
[01:04:45] respect nature and remember that the
[01:04:47] smallest creatures could hold the
[01:04:49] greatest
[01:04:51] power the Mary lde roamed the winter
[01:04:54] streets of Welsh villages bringing both
[01:04:56] fear and fun during the darkest days of
[01:04:58] the year this horse spirit made from a
[01:05:01] real horse skull mounted on a pole and
[01:05:03] draped in white sheets visited homes
[01:05:06] during the 12 Days of Christmas people
[01:05:08] respected the Mary lde for its power to
[01:05:10] bring good luck to those who welcomed it
[01:05:12] and bad fortune to those who turned it
[01:05:14] away the spirit looked like a ghost
[01:05:17] horse walking on two legs carried by a
[01:05:19] person hidden under flowing white cloth
[01:05:21] that reached the ground glass beads or
[01:05:23] bottles served as its eyes giving them
[01:05:26] an eerie glow in the lantern light the
[01:05:28] jaw of the skull could snap open and
[01:05:30] shut with the pull of a string making
[01:05:32] the Mery LD seem alive as it moved
[01:05:34] through the streets the Mary lde and its
[01:05:36] group of singers would stop at each
[01:05:38] house and begin a battle of songs and
[01:05:40] rhymes with the people inside the
[01:05:42] homeowners had to match the Mary ld's
[01:05:44] clever words with their own verses
[01:05:46] trying to outdo each other in a friendly
[01:05:49] contest if the Mari lde won the family
[01:05:51] had to let the group inside for food and
[01:05:53] drinks people believ the Mary lde
[01:05:56] brought the old year to an end and
[01:05:58] welcomed in the new one with its visits
[01:06:00] families prepared special treats and
[01:06:02] drinks for the spirit hoping it would
[01:06:04] bless their homes with good luck for the
[01:06:05] coming year children both feared and
[01:06:08] loved the sight of the Mary lde running
[01:06:10] to peek through Windows when they heard
[01:06:12] its songs coming down the
[01:06:15] street the mavka haunted the Deep
[01:06:17] forests of Ukraine appearing as a
[01:06:20] beautiful young woman who lured
[01:06:21] Travelers away from their paths this
[01:06:24] Forest Spirit possessed the power to
[01:06:26] control plants and animals making every
[01:06:28] branch and leaf Bend to her will people
[01:06:31] both feared and respected the mavka
[01:06:33] because she protected the forest but
[01:06:35] showed no mercy to those who harmed its
[01:06:37] creatures or trees she looked like a
[01:06:39] lovely Maiden with long flowing hair
[01:06:42] decorated with flowers and leaves
[01:06:44] wearing clothes made of moonlight that
[01:06:46] seemed to float in the air the mka's
[01:06:48] most striking feature was her lack of a
[01:06:50] shadow and no reflection in water or
[01:06:53] mirrors from behind people could see
[01:06:56] straight through her back revealing her
[01:06:58] Hollow form like an empty tree trunk one
[01:07:01] famous instance tells of a Young Wood
[01:07:02] cutter who fell in love with a mka's
[01:07:05] beauty and sweet singing she led him
[01:07:07] deeper into the woods each night
[01:07:09] teaching him the secrets of forest
[01:07:11] plants and animals the wood cutter
[01:07:13] stopped cutting trees and instead became
[01:07:15] a Healer using his knowledge to help
[01:07:17] sick villagers but when he tried to
[01:07:19] leave the forest to marry a human girl
[01:07:22] the mka's heart turned cold and she
[01:07:24] trapped him in a gr Grove of trees where
[01:07:26] he joined the Whispers of lost souls the
[01:07:29] presence of mavka changed how Ukrainian
[01:07:32] villagers lived their daily lives people
[01:07:34] marked their paths with blessed herbs
[01:07:37] and never entered the forest alone at
[01:07:39] night parents taught children to listen
[01:07:41] for her singing and run the other way if
[01:07:43] they heard it yet they also left
[01:07:45] offerings of bread and milk at the
[01:07:47] forest edge hoping she would protect
[01:07:49] their homes from wild animals and help
[01:07:51] their Gardens
[01:07:54] grow the min AES lived in ancient Greece
[01:07:57] as three sisters who showed great
[01:07:58] disrespect to dionysis the god of wine
[01:08:01] and parties these young women refused to
[01:08:04] join his sacred festivals choosing
[01:08:06] instead to stay home and weave at their
[01:08:08] looms their Devotion to work rather than
[01:08:10] worship angered the powerful God who had
[01:08:13] given them many chances to change their
[01:08:15] ways from far away the sisters looked
[01:08:17] like normal young women dressed in fine
[01:08:19] clothes with long dark hair up close
[01:08:22] their faces showed pride and
[01:08:24] stubbornness as they worked at their
[01:08:25] looms their fingers moved quickly across
[01:08:28] the threads creating beautiful cloth
[01:08:30] that earned praise from everyone in
[01:08:32] their Town one day as they worked and
[01:08:34] told stories strange things began to
[01:08:36] happen in their weaving room Ivy Vines
[01:08:38] grew through the walls their looms
[01:08:40] dripped with honey and they heard drums
[01:08:43] beating the sisters ignored these signs
[01:08:45] from dionisis until snakes appeared
[01:08:47] among their threads still they kept
[01:08:49] working making the gods so angry that he
[01:08:52] drove them mad the sisters paid a
[01:08:54] terrible price for ignoring the God's
[01:08:56] warnings in their Madness they tore
[01:08:58] apart one sister's young son thinking he
[01:09:01] was a goat afterward dionisis turned
[01:09:04] them into bats forcing them to hide from
[01:09:06] the Sun forever their story taught other
[01:09:09] Greeks to respect the gods and take part
[01:09:11] in religious festivals no matter how
[01:09:13] busy they were parents used this tale to
[01:09:16] teach their children about keeping
[01:09:17] promises to the gods the fate of the
[01:09:20] mades showed that even hardworking
[01:09:22] people must make time for worship Greeks
[01:09:24] who heard this story learned that Pride
[01:09:26] could lead to punishment and that no one
[01:09:28] should think themselves above the
[01:09:31] gods a nightmare stalked sleeping humans
[01:09:34] in the shadows of medieval Europe
[01:09:36] sitting on their chests and stealing
[01:09:38] their breath while they slept this dark
[01:09:40] Spirit could slip through any crack or
[01:09:42] Keyhole to reach its sleeping victims
[01:09:45] people believed a nightmare caused the
[01:09:47] feeling of being unable to move or cry
[01:09:49] out during sleep a terrifying power that
[01:09:52] made everyone fear going to bed at night
[01:09:54] the nightmare took the shape of a small
[01:09:56] Twisted creature with long fingers and
[01:09:58] wild tangled hair it had the legs of a
[01:10:01] horse but walked on two feet like a
[01:10:03] human its eyes glowed red in the dark
[01:10:06] and its skin looked like old leather
[01:10:08] stretched too tight over sharp Bones the
[01:10:10] nightmare weighed very little but victim
[01:10:12] said It felt as heavy as a horse when it
[01:10:14] sat on their chest one famous story
[01:10:17] tells of a blacksmith who caught a
[01:10:18] nightmare in his shop the creature came
[01:10:21] through his window as a puff of smoke
[01:10:23] but the blacksmith trapped it by
[01:10:24] plugging every every hole in the room
[01:10:26] with blessed wooden pegs when morning
[01:10:28] came he found a small woman with horse
[01:10:30] Hooves trying to hide in the shadows he
[01:10:33] freed her only after she promised never
[01:10:35] to attack sleeping people in his village
[01:10:37] again people created special charms and
[01:10:39] rituals to keep nightmares away from
[01:10:41] their beds they hung horseshoes above
[01:10:43] their doors because nightmares feared
[01:10:45] iron and horses some slept with scissors
[01:10:47] under their pillow believing the crossed
[01:10:49] metal would keep the creature away
[01:10:51] parents told their children to say
[01:10:53] special prayers before bed and sleep
[01:10:56] with their shoes pointing toward the
[01:10:57] door as nightmares could not attack
[01:10:59] someone who might escape the fear of
[01:11:02] nightmares changed how people built
[01:11:03] their homes they covered every crack
[01:11:05] with iron nails and carved special marks
[01:11:08] around windows and doors Builders placed
[01:11:10] horse skulls in the walls of new houses
[01:11:13] to ward off these creatures these
[01:11:15] Customs spread through Villages and
[01:11:16] towns turning simple homes into
[01:11:19] fortresses against the darkness that
[01:11:20] crept in during the
[01:11:23] night the Nuno lived in the rivers and
[01:11:26] lakes of Japan where it turned itself
[01:11:28] into a giant black cloud during storms
[01:11:31] this water spirit gained great respect
[01:11:33] from fishermen and Farmers because it
[01:11:35] controlled both helpful rain and
[01:11:37] dangerous floods people believed the
[01:11:39] Nuno watched over their Villages ready
[01:11:42] to reward good behavior or punish those
[01:11:44] who wasted water the Nuno looked like a
[01:11:46] cloth that floated in the air much like
[01:11:48] a wet blanket hanging on a line its body
[01:11:51] stretched wider than three men standing
[01:11:54] side by side and and it changed from
[01:11:56] white to dark gray as its mood shifted
[01:11:58] when angry the Nuno grew long whiskers
[01:12:01] made of lightning that crackled and
[01:12:03] sparked in the sky one famous tale tells
[01:12:06] of a poor farmer who always shared his
[01:12:08] water with others during dry times the
[01:12:10] Nuno noticed his kindness and turned
[01:12:12] into a raincloud over his Fields while
[01:12:15] other Farms dried up in the heat the
[01:12:17] farmer's crops grew tall and strong the
[01:12:19] Nuno kept the rain falling on his land
[01:12:21] until Harvest Time and the farmer had
[01:12:24] enough food to feed the whole Village
[01:12:26] the Nuno shaped how Japanese villagers
[01:12:28] thought about water use mothers told
[01:12:30] their children to keep Rivers clean and
[01:12:32] never waste water or the Nuno might
[01:12:34] bring storms to their homes fishermen
[01:12:36] left small Gifts of rice at the water's
[01:12:39] edge to thank the Nuno for safe fishing
[01:12:41] trips even today some older Japanese
[01:12:44] people say they feel the nuno's presence
[01:12:46] when storm clouds gather over lakes and
[01:12:50] rivers the nymphs lived in every corner
[01:12:53] of ancient Greece from high mountain
[01:12:55] Peaks to Deep Forest pools these nature
[01:12:58] Spirits could change the weather help
[01:13:00] plants grow and even Grant special
[01:13:02] powers to humans they favored Greeks
[01:13:04] both feared and loved the nymphs knowing
[01:13:06] these beings could either bless their
[01:13:08] lands with plenty or curse them with
[01:13:10] drought nymphs looked almost exactly
[01:13:13] like beautiful young women but small
[01:13:15] signs showed their true nature their
[01:13:17] hair might float as if underwater even
[01:13:19] in still air or flowers could Sprout
[01:13:22] where their feet touched the ground
[01:13:24] their skin glowed with a soft light and
[01:13:26] their eyes changed color with their
[01:13:28] moods like leaves turning from Spring
[01:13:30] Green to Autumn gold one of the most
[01:13:33] famous stories tells of the nymph Daphne
[01:13:35] and her escape from Apollo the god of
[01:13:37] the sun when Apollo fell in love with
[01:13:40] her and chased her through the forest
[01:13:42] Daphne begged her father a river god for
[01:13:44] help just as Apollo was about to catch
[01:13:47] her Daphne turned into a laurel tree her
[01:13:50] fingers became Twigs her hair changed to
[01:13:52] leaves and her feet grew into roots the
[01:13:55] Greeks shaped their lives around the
[01:13:57] presence of nymphs Farmers left small
[01:13:59] Gifts of honey and milk near Springs to
[01:14:01] keep the water flowing Hunters asked
[01:14:03] permission before entering forests where
[01:14:05] nymphs lived Travelers often stopped to
[01:14:08] pray at trees marked as nymph homes
[01:14:10] hoping for safe Passage through wild
[01:14:14] places the enrio haunted the homes and
[01:14:17] Villages of Japan appearing most often
[01:14:20] at sunset or in Dark Places this angry
[01:14:22] ghost could change from a beautiful
[01:14:24] woman into a terrifying spirit with long
[01:14:26] black hair and burning eyes people
[01:14:29] feared enrio because these ghosts sought
[01:14:31] revenge against those who had wronged
[01:14:32] them in life and their curse could
[01:14:34] spread to harm entire families or towns
[01:14:37] the ghost usually appeared first as a
[01:14:39] lovely young woman in a white burial
[01:14:41] kimono a traditional Japanese robe worn
[01:14:44] after death her feet never touched the
[01:14:46] ground as she floated closer to her
[01:14:48] victim when she attacked her face turned
[01:14:51] pale as paper her eyes glowed with blue
[01:14:53] fire and her fingers fers stretched into
[01:14:56] long bony claws one famous anrio named
[01:14:59] OA haunted her husband after he poisoned
[01:15:02] her and married another woman she
[01:15:04] appeared in mirrors lamps and even in
[01:15:06] the face of his new bride her ghostly
[01:15:08] face followed him everywhere until he
[01:15:10] went mad with fear and confessed his
[01:15:12] crime to the Village his guilt drove him
[01:15:15] to take his own life but stories say
[01:15:17] oa's Spirit still searches for
[01:15:19] Unfaithful husbands the fear of anrio
[01:15:21] changed how Japanese people treated
[01:15:23] others especially of noble birth
[01:15:26] families took great care to keep peace
[01:15:28] with their daughters and wives hoping to
[01:15:30] prevent an angry ghost after death
[01:15:32] people also placed special charms in
[01:15:34] their homes and prayed at temples to
[01:15:36] protect themselves from Spirits seeking
[01:15:40] Revenge the wabanaki people of Maine
[01:15:43] told stories of pomola a giant bird
[01:15:46] Spirit who lived at the top of Mount
[01:15:48] katadin the highest peak in their lands
[01:15:51] this Mighty creature controlled the cold
[01:15:53] winds and storms that swept down from
[01:15:55] the mountain Travelers and Hunters
[01:15:57] feared pomola because he guarded his
[01:15:59] Mountain Home fiercely sending dangerous
[01:16:02] weather to those who dared climb too
[01:16:04] high pomola had the head of a moose with
[01:16:07] large antlers that scraped the clouds as
[01:16:09] he moved his body was like that of an
[01:16:11] eagle with powerful wings that stretched
[01:16:14] wider than 10 Tall Pine trees his feet
[01:16:17] ended in huge claws that could grip the
[01:16:19] rocky Cliffs of his Mountain Home
[01:16:21] leaving deep marks in the stone one
[01:16:23] story tells of a brave Hunter who
[01:16:25] climbed Mount katadin despite warnings
[01:16:27] from his village when he reached the
[01:16:29] summit pomola appeared in a whirlwind of
[01:16:32] snow and ice the Spirit Bird carried the
[01:16:34] hunter to his nest where he learned that
[01:16:36] pomola protected the mountain to keep
[01:16:38] people safe from its dangers the hunter
[01:16:41] returned to his people with new respect
[01:16:42] for the mountain Spirit the wabanaki
[01:16:45] changed their ways of hunting and
[01:16:46] traveling based on their belief in
[01:16:48] pomola they would not climb Mount
[01:16:50] katadin during storms or winter and they
[01:16:52] left offerings of food and tobacco at
[01:16:54] the base of the mountain before hunting
[01:16:56] nearby even today some climbers leave
[01:16:59] small gifts at the Mountain's base to
[01:17:01] show respect for this powerful
[01:17:05] Spirit The pasuni Haunted dark corners
[01:17:07] of homes across India where it used its
[01:17:10] powers to make people sleepwalk this
[01:17:12] bird-like Spirit could enter dreams and
[01:17:15] control sleeping Minds leading victims
[01:17:17] on strange walks through their Villages
[01:17:19] people both feared and asked for help
[01:17:21] from the pasuni since it could either
[01:17:23] cause trouble or protect homes from evil
[01:17:26] spirits the creature looked like a large
[01:17:28] Crow but with striking golden eyes and
[01:17:31] silver tipped wings that glowed in
[01:17:33] Moonlight its feet had long curved claws
[01:17:36] that made no sound when it walked the
[01:17:38] pasuni stood as tall as a child and
[01:17:40] could stretch its neck like a snake to
[01:17:42] peer through Windows a story tells of a
[01:17:45] pasuni that saved a whole village from
[01:17:47] thieves the spirit made every sleeping
[01:17:50] person walk to the Village Square just
[01:17:52] as robbers plan to strike when the the
[01:17:54] thieves arrived they found hundreds of
[01:17:57] villagers standing silently in the
[01:17:58] Moonlight the sight scared them so much
[01:18:01] they ran away and never returned the
[01:18:03] pasuni shaped how people built their
[01:18:05] homes and lived their daily lives
[01:18:07] families hung Bells near Windows to warn
[01:18:09] of its presence and placed bowls of milk
[01:18:12] outside to keep it happy parents told
[01:18:14] children to say special prayers before
[01:18:16] bed Hoping to either invite the spirits
[01:18:18] protection or avoid its Mischief people
[01:18:21] believed a house visited by a pasuni
[01:18:23] would never fall to ruin those who
[01:18:25] gained its favor found their dreams
[01:18:27] filled with warnings about danger or
[01:18:29] hints about Good Fortune even today some
[01:18:32] villages in India leave offerings for
[01:18:34] this dream walking Spirit respecting its
[01:18:37] power over the sleeping
[01:18:40] World The pelet Haunted The Villages of
[01:18:43] Malaysia as a feared spirit that could
[01:18:45] enter human bodies and cause great pain
[01:18:48] this tiny creature served witches called
[01:18:50] BOS who sent the pelet to attack their
[01:18:53] enemies people believe only special
[01:18:55] healers could remove a piset once it
[01:18:57] took hold of someone making it one of
[01:18:59] the most dreaded Spirits in Malaysian
[01:19:01] folklore the pelet takes the shape of a
[01:19:04] Cricut or grasshopper no bigger than a
[01:19:06] thumb but glows with an eerie green
[01:19:08] light its eyes shine like small red
[01:19:11] flames in the dark and sharp claws grow
[01:19:13] from its feet unlike normal insects the
[01:19:16] picit can stretch and Shrink its body to
[01:19:19] slip through the smallest gaps even
[01:19:21] entering homes through key holes or tiny
[01:19:23] cracks one famous tale tells of a young
[01:19:26] woman who refused to sell her land to a
[01:19:28] powerful buo The Witch sent her piset to
[01:19:31] torment the woman each night the spirit
[01:19:33] crawled into the woman's body while she
[01:19:35] slept and caused her to feel burning
[01:19:37] pain and speak in strange voices after
[01:19:39] many sleepless nights the woman sought
[01:19:42] help from a Muslim healer who caught the
[01:19:44] piset in a special bottle and broke its
[01:19:46] power Villages lived in fear of the
[01:19:48] piset hanging special charms near
[01:19:51] windows and doors to keep the Spirit
[01:19:52] Away parents warn children to come
[01:19:55] inside before dark when the pelet hunted
[01:19:57] and families paid healers to bless their
[01:19:59] homes even today some Malaysian
[01:20:02] communities still protect themselves
[01:20:03] against the pelet showing How Deeply
[01:20:06] this creature shaped their
[01:20:09] culture poon haunted the back roads and
[01:20:12] graveyards of Indonesia floating above
[01:20:14] the ground in the dark hours before Dawn
[01:20:17] this ghost kept its burial shroud a
[01:20:19] white cloth tied in knots above the head
[01:20:21] and below the feet even after Breaking
[01:20:24] Free from the grave people feared the
[01:20:26] pocong most because it moved by hopping
[01:20:28] making a soft thumping sound that grew
[01:20:31] louder as it came closer the pocong
[01:20:33] looked much like a person wrapped for
[01:20:35] burial standing upright but with no feet
[01:20:37] touching the Earth its face showed gray
[01:20:40] green skin pulled tight across Hollow
[01:20:42] cheeks and its eyes glowed with a sickly
[01:20:45] green light the white shroud that
[01:20:47] covered it from head to toe grew dirty
[01:20:49] and ragged with time marked by the soil
[01:20:52] of its grave a notable tale tells of a
[01:20:54] young man who mocked the pocong staying
[01:20:57] out late and daring it to show itself
[01:20:59] the ghost appeared behind him as he
[01:21:01] walked home following closer and closer
[01:21:03] until its cold breath touched his neck
[01:21:06] when the man ran the pocong kept pace
[01:21:08] hopping alongside him until he fainted
[01:21:11] from Fear villagers found him the next
[01:21:13] morning his hair turned white from
[01:21:15] Fright the pocong changed how people
[01:21:17] behaved after dark families built high
[01:21:20] fences around their homes and hung
[01:21:21] special charms near windows and doors no
[01:21:24] one walked alone at night and people
[01:21:26] hurried home Before Sunset parents
[01:21:28] warned children to respect the dead and
[01:21:30] their burial Customs fearing that
[01:21:32] mockery might draw the poong's
[01:21:36] attention the Poltergeist haunted homes
[01:21:38] across Germany in the Middle Ages moving
[01:21:41] objects and making loud noises without
[01:21:43] being seen unlike Friendly House Spirits
[01:21:46] this ghost used its power to throw
[01:21:48] plates slam doors and create chaos in
[01:21:51] quiet family homes people feared the
[01:21:53] Poltergeist because it could strike any
[01:21:55] house without warning and stay for days
[01:21:58] or months at a time no one could see the
[01:22:00] Poltergeist but everyone knew when it
[01:22:02] arrived it started with small sounds
[01:22:04] like knocking on walls or Footsteps in
[01:22:06] empty rooms then items began to float
[01:22:09] and spin in the air as if held by
[01:22:11] invisible hands the ghost grew Bolder
[01:22:14] over time turning Furniture upside down
[01:22:16] and breaking windows with stones that
[01:22:18] flew by themselves one famous case took
[01:22:21] place in a baker's home in Munich during
[01:22:23] the year 1200
[01:22:27] the ponac haunts the banana Groves and
[01:22:29] dark roads of Southeast Asia searching
[01:22:31] for her next victim in the night this
[01:22:34] female ghost brings Terror with her
[01:22:35] sweet perfume and the crying of a baby
[01:22:38] hiding her true deadly nature people in
[01:22:41] Malaysia and Indonesia fear her most
[01:22:43] when walking alone as she hunts men who
[01:22:46] harmed women in life she appears first
[01:22:48] as a beautiful woman in a flowing white
[01:22:51] dress with long black hair that reaches
[01:22:53] past her waist her pale skin glows in
[01:22:56] Moonlight drawing victims closer before
[01:22:58] they see her true self when ready to
[01:23:00] strike she shows her real form a monster
[01:23:04] with red eyes sharp claws and a hole in
[01:23:06] her back where a nail was driven to stop
[01:23:08] her from hunting the most famous tale
[01:23:11] tells of a young man who met a lovely
[01:23:13] woman on a quiet road at night he
[01:23:15] offered to walk her home drawn by her
[01:23:17] beauty and the smell of flowers in the
[01:23:19] air but when he reached to help her over
[01:23:21] a Fallen Tree she turned to face him
[01:23:23] showing her Fierce red eyes and bloody
[01:23:26] fangs the man ran all the way home but
[01:23:28] her cruel laugh followed him through the
[01:23:30] darkness Village People Protected
[01:23:33] themselves from the ponac by hammering
[01:23:35] Nails into holes in trees and walls as
[01:23:37] this was said to trap her inside
[01:23:39] pregnant women stayed away from banana
[01:23:41] trees at night fearing the ghost might
[01:23:43] take their unborn children many families
[01:23:46] planted thorny plants beneath their
[01:23:48] Windows hoping to catch her dress if she
[01:23:50] tried to enter their homes parents told
[01:23:52] these stories to teach their children
[01:23:54] about staying safe at night and treating
[01:23:56] others with respect young men learn to
[01:23:58] be kind to women knowing the pontianak
[01:24:01] punished those who caused harm even
[01:24:03] today people in small villages look away
[01:24:05] when they smell flowers on a dark Road
[01:24:08] remembering the ghost who waits in the
[01:24:12] shadows the pra wanders through ancient
[01:24:14] India and other parts of Asia cursed
[01:24:17] with endless hunger that nothing can
[01:24:18] satisfy these Spirits feel constant pain
[01:24:21] from their huge empty stomachs which
[01:24:23] drives them to search for scraps of food
[01:24:26] and dirty water people both pity and
[01:24:28] fear the praa as they show what happens
[01:24:31] to those who live selfish lives filled
[01:24:33] with greed the pra looks like a walking
[01:24:35] skeleton with paper thin gray skin
[01:24:37] stretched over its bones its stomach
[01:24:40] swells up like a large Ball but its
[01:24:42] throat stays as thin as a needle so
[01:24:45] almost no food can pass through the
[01:24:47] pra's mouth shoots fire when it tries to
[01:24:49] eat or drink burning up any food before
[01:24:52] it can swallow one story tells of of a
[01:24:54] wealthy man who never shared his food
[01:24:56] with others during a time of Hunger
[01:24:58] after he died he became a prta and
[01:25:01] returned to his old home watching his
[01:25:03] family enjoy large meals through the
[01:25:05] window he tried to steal small bits of
[01:25:07] their food each night but everything
[01:25:09] turned to coal in his mouth forcing him
[01:25:11] to witness others en Joy what he could
[01:25:13] never have families in many parts of
[01:25:16] Asia leave out small amounts of food and
[01:25:18] water for the prida hoping to ease their
[01:25:20] suffering people teach their children to
[01:25:22] share food with others and avoid being
[01:25:24] greedy using the praa as an example of
[01:25:27] what greed can do monks and Priests
[01:25:29] perform special ceremonies to help these
[01:25:32] Spirits find peace and move on to a
[01:25:34] better life the sight of apra serves as
[01:25:36] a warning to the living reminding them
[01:25:39] that actions in this life affect what
[01:25:41] happens after death communities hold
[01:25:43] special days to remember ancestors and
[01:25:45] feed hungry Spirits believing this helps
[01:25:47] prevent their loved ones from becoming
[01:25:49] prta these traditions of sharing food
[01:25:52] and showing kindness continue to bring
[01:25:53] people together even
[01:25:57] today the printer devil haunted printing
[01:26:00] shops across Europe in the Middle Ages a
[01:26:02] mischievous spirit that workers blamed
[01:26:04] for printing mistakes and mixed up
[01:26:06] letters this small demon showed itself
[01:26:08] most often at night when tired workers
[01:26:11] rushed to finish their Pages printers
[01:26:13] believed it had the power to reverse
[01:26:15] letters smudge ink and hide important
[01:26:17] tools just when they needed them most
[01:26:20] the creature looked like a child-sized
[01:26:22] human but with ink black skin that dri
[01:26:24] ripped onto everything it touched it had
[01:26:26] long thin fingers perfect for picking up
[01:26:29] tiny metal letters and eyes that glowed
[01:26:31] like hot lead its feet left small s
[01:26:34] footprints that Faded Away by morning
[01:26:36] and it gave off a smell like burning
[01:26:38] paper and metal a relevant story tells
[01:26:41] of a printer's devil in London that
[01:26:43] changed the words in a Bible just before
[01:26:45] printing the demon switched just two
[01:26:47] letters making God's kindness read as
[01:26:50] God's Kess when people found this
[01:26:52] mistake they forced the printer to burn
[01:26:55] every copy and start over nearly ruining
[01:26:57] his business the printer's devil shaped
[01:27:00] how printing shops worked for hundreds
[01:27:02] of years workers set out small bowls of
[01:27:05] fresh ink at night to keep the spirit
[01:27:07] happy hoping it would leave their work
[01:27:09] alone some printers gave their young
[01:27:11] helpers the title printer devil to show
[01:27:14] respect for the spirit and this name
[01:27:16] stuck until modern times even today some
[01:27:19] old printing shops keep this tradition
[01:27:21] and blame missing tools or odd mistakes
[01:27:23] on the Shop's
[01:27:26] devil the Revenant haunted the cold
[01:27:29] lands of medieval Europe rising from its
[01:27:31] grave to seek revenge on those who
[01:27:33] wronged it in life this Walking Corpse
[01:27:35] kept all the strength it had when living
[01:27:38] but felt no pain and could not be
[01:27:39] stopped by normal weapons people feared
[01:27:42] Revenant because these undead beings
[01:27:44] remembered exactly who had hurt them and
[01:27:46] would hunt their targets without rest
[01:27:49] the entities looked much like it did at
[01:27:50] death though its skin turned a sickly
[01:27:53] gray and its eyes glowed with an
[01:27:55] unnatural light its wounds remained open
[01:27:58] and fresh serving as a reminder of how
[01:28:00] it died these Undead creatures moved
[01:28:02] with strange jerking steps but could run
[01:28:05] as fast as a horse when chasing their
[01:28:07] prey a notorious tale tells of a
[01:28:09] Revenant Who Rose to punish a group of
[01:28:11] Thieves who had killed him for his money
[01:28:14] night after night the undead man visited
[01:28:16] each Thief dragging them from their beds
[01:28:18] and breaking their necks the local
[01:28:20] villagers could only watch in horror as
[01:28:22] the Revenant picked off the criminals
[01:28:24] one by one until Justice was done the
[01:28:27] fear of becoming a Revenant shaped how
[01:28:29] medieval people treated the dead they
[01:28:31] placed heavy stones on graves to keep
[01:28:33] corpses from rising and buried criminals
[01:28:35] face down so they would dig deeper into
[01:28:37] the Earth instead of up toward the
[01:28:39] surface some communities even cut off
[01:28:41] the heads of people they thought might
[01:28:43] return believing this would stop them
[01:28:45] from becoming
[01:28:48] revenants shadow people lived in the
[01:28:50] corners of homes and dark places around
[01:28:53] the world these Spirits could move
[01:28:55] through walls and had the power to watch
[01:28:57] humans without being seen clearly people
[01:28:59] both feared and respected them because
[01:29:01] shadow people could appear at any time
[01:29:04] day or night though they showed up most
[01:29:06] often when someone was alone or half
[01:29:08] asleep these beings looked like flat
[01:29:10] dark shapes in the rough form of humans
[01:29:13] but without clear faces or features some
[01:29:16] stood as tall as doorways While others
[01:29:18] crouched low to the ground like children
[01:29:20] people who saw them said they appeared
[01:29:22] darker than the darkness around them
[01:29:24] like a piece of night that refused to
[01:29:26] fade even in daylight the most famous
[01:29:28] stories about shadow people came from
[01:29:30] those who woke up feeling unable to move
[01:29:33] with a dark figure standing beside their
[01:29:35] beds these beings never spoke or touched
[01:29:38] anyone but their presence alone could
[01:29:40] make a room feel cold and heavy with
[01:29:42] fear some people said the shadow would
[01:29:44] stand completely still for many minutes
[01:29:47] before Sliding Away through a wall or
[01:29:49] Fading Into nothing Shadow People
[01:29:51] changed how many humans lived in their
[01:29:53] homes people began leaving lights on at
[01:29:55] night and avoiding empty rooms worried
[01:29:57] these beings watch them from dark
[01:29:59] Corners parents taught children to sleep
[01:30:02] facing Away From Shadows and to never
[01:30:04] stare too long at dark shapes that
[01:30:05] seemed to move on their
[01:30:08] own a Shinigami roamed between the world
[01:30:11] of the living and the dead in Japan
[01:30:14] these death Gods held the power to see
[01:30:16] how long humans would live and could
[01:30:18] choose when to end their lives people
[01:30:20] both feared and respected Shinigami
[01:30:23] because they brought or to death itself
[01:30:25] making sure Souls moved properly from
[01:30:27] one world to the next the Shinigami took
[01:30:30] many shapes but most often looked like
[01:30:33] tall dark figures in Black robes They
[01:30:35] Carried special notebooks where they
[01:30:37] wrote the names of those Marked for
[01:30:39] Death some stories showed them with
[01:30:41] white bone masks or faces like demons
[01:30:44] While others described them as beautiful
[01:30:46] but cold beings with eyes that glowed in
[01:30:48] the dark the most known tale tells of a
[01:30:50] young Shinigami who fell in love with a
[01:30:53] human woman he watched her grow from a
[01:30:55] child into a lovely person who helped
[01:30:57] others and lived with joy when her time
[01:31:00] came to die he could not write her name
[01:31:02] in his death notebook for breaking this
[01:31:04] rule the other Shinigami turned him into
[01:31:06] a cherry tree forced to bloom each
[01:31:08] spring when she would visit to remember
[01:31:10] him the Japanese people changed how they
[01:31:13] lived because they believed Shinigami
[01:31:15] watched over them they tried to live
[01:31:17] good lives knowing these beings judged
[01:31:19] their actions families left small Gifts
[01:31:21] of rice and sake for the Shinigami
[01:31:24] hoping to earn their favor many people
[01:31:26] wrote poems and stories about meeting
[01:31:28] these death Gods sharing lessons about
[01:31:30] facing the end of life with
[01:31:33] Grace the Sirin lived in the Deep
[01:31:36] forests of ancient Russia where its
[01:31:38] Heavenly singing could charm any human
[01:31:40] who heard its voice this mythical bird
[01:31:42] held the power to tell the future
[01:31:44] through its songs making rulers and
[01:31:46] warriors seek it out despite the dangers
[01:31:49] people both feared and respected the
[01:31:51] Sirin because while its music brought
[01:31:53] joy and wisdom those who listened too
[01:31:55] long would forget their lives and follow
[01:31:57] the bird until they died the serin
[01:31:59] looked like a bird from its wings to its
[01:32:01] tail but had the head and chest of a
[01:32:04] beautiful woman its feathers Shone like
[01:32:06] Moonlight on snow and its human face
[01:32:08] glowed with an otherw worldly light the
[01:32:11] bird was about the size of an eagle with
[01:32:13] long flowing hair that sparkled with
[01:32:15] tiny stars and eyes that changed color
[01:32:18] like gems in sunlight Legends suggest a
[01:32:20] young prince who heard the serin song
[01:32:22] while hunting in the woods the bird's
[01:32:24] music told him of a Great War coming to
[01:32:26] his land but also sang of how he could
[01:32:29] save his people the prince wanted to
[01:32:31] stay and learn more but remembered the
[01:32:33] warning tales and covered his ears he
[01:32:35] rushed home to prepare his kingdom
[01:32:37] saving countless lives the syin shaped
[01:32:40] how Russian people lived their daily
[01:32:42] lives as they created special charms and
[01:32:44] rules to deal with its power Travelers
[01:32:47] wore small bells to drown out its song
[01:32:49] while Hunters turned back if they heard
[01:32:51] singing in the woods parents taught
[01:32:53] children to sing loudly on Forest paths
[01:32:56] and Villages posted guards to listen for
[01:32:58] the bird's deadly music near their
[01:33:02] homes the sloa flew through Scottish
[01:33:05] nights as a flock of restless Spirits
[01:33:08] stealing Souls from people close to
[01:33:10] death these dark creatures from Highland
[01:33:12] folklore had the power to enter homes
[01:33:14] through any opening no matter how small
[01:33:17] and could only be stopped by keeping
[01:33:18] Western Windows tightly shut people
[01:33:21] believed the slua chose the darkest
[01:33:23] stormiest nights to hunt when their
[01:33:25] shadowy forms blended with the clouds
[01:33:28] above like birds made of smoke and
[01:33:30] Shadow the slua had thin leathery wings
[01:33:33] and clawed hands that reached for their
[01:33:35] victims their faces looked Almost Human
[01:33:37] but Twisted with hunger and hate their
[01:33:40] eyes glowing like dying Embers in the
[01:33:42] dark the spirits moved together in
[01:33:44] groups of hundreds making a sound like
[01:33:46] rushing wind mixed with whispered
[01:33:48] prayers the most famous tale of the slua
[01:33:51] Tells of a Dying Chieftain whose Clan
[01:33:54] kept watch through the night to protect
[01:33:56] his soul as the spirits pressed against
[01:33:58] doors and windows the guards began to
[01:34:00] Tire one guard fell asleep for just a
[01:34:03] moment leaving a window unlocked the
[01:34:05] slua poured in through the crack and
[01:34:07] dragged the chieftain's soul into the
[01:34:09] night sky where people say it still
[01:34:11] flies with the dark flock Scottish
[01:34:14] families changed how they built their
[01:34:15] homes because of the slua placing fewer
[01:34:18] windows on the western walls where the
[01:34:20] spirits flew in from people also created
[01:34:23] special prayers and rituals to keep
[01:34:24] loved ones safe during storms on Dark
[01:34:27] Nights families would gather together
[01:34:30] seal their windows and tell stories
[01:34:32] until dawn to keep watch over anyone who
[01:34:34] was sick or
[01:34:36] weak tannin made their home in German
[01:34:39] forests where they guarded Hidden
[01:34:41] Treasures with powerful magic these
[01:34:44] Forest Spirits changed the size of their
[01:34:46] body at will growing from the height of
[01:34:48] a mouse to taller than the oldest oak
[01:34:50] tree people both feared and respect
[01:34:53] cannons because they punished greedy
[01:34:54] humans but rewarded those who treated
[01:34:56] the forest with care a tannin looked
[01:34:59] like a mix between a tree and a person
[01:35:01] with bark-like and long fingers that
[01:35:04] branched like Twigs its eyes glowed
[01:35:06] green like sunlight through leaves Moss
[01:35:09] grew along its arms and back when it
[01:35:11] walked its feet left patches of
[01:35:13] mushrooms and flowers voice sounded like
[01:35:15] rustling leaves mixed with distant
[01:35:17] Thunder the most known tale of the
[01:35:19] tannin tells of a poor wood cutter who
[01:35:21] always planted two trees for each one he
[01:35:24] cut down one cold winter day a Tannon
[01:35:27] appeared before him as a small wounded
[01:35:29] bird the wood cutter shared his last
[01:35:31] piece of bread with the bird and wrapped
[01:35:33] it in his only warm coat the tannin
[01:35:35] revealed its true form and led the wood
[01:35:38] cutter to a cave filled with gold coins
[01:35:41] the story of the kind wood cutter taught
[01:35:43] people to take care of the forest and
[01:35:45] share with others even when they had
[01:35:47] little to give parents told their
[01:35:49] children to listen for the sound of
[01:35:50] rustling leaves that meant a tannin
[01:35:52] watched over them wood cutters began the
[01:35:55] practice of planting new trees to
[01:35:56] replace the ones they cut a tradition
[01:35:59] that continues in parts of Germany
[01:36:02] today tantu watched over the farms and
[01:36:05] Fields in Japan's Mountain Villages this
[01:36:08] Forest Spirit kept people Honest by
[01:36:10] catching anyone who stole crops or
[01:36:12] damaged trees Farmers both feared and
[01:36:14] thanked tantu because he protected their
[01:36:16] hard work and taught children to respect
[01:36:19] nature he looked like a short old man
[01:36:21] with wild white hair and beard that
[01:36:23] reached his chest tantu wore rough Brown
[01:36:26] clothes made from tree bark and carried
[01:36:28] a heavy wooden staff his eyes Shone
[01:36:31] bright red at night helping him spot
[01:36:33] wrongdoers in the dark people said he
[01:36:35] could move without making a sound like a
[01:36:37] leaf floating on the wind the most
[01:36:39] famous story tells of a hungry man who
[01:36:42] tried to steal rice from his neighbor's
[01:36:43] field late one night just as he began
[01:36:46] cutting the rice plants tantu appeared
[01:36:48] behind him with glowing red eyes the
[01:36:50] spirit struck his staff on the ground
[01:36:52] three times and the thief ran away so
[01:36:55] fast he left his sandals behind the next
[01:36:57] morning everyone found the sandals
[01:36:59] standing upright in the middle of the
[01:37:01] field as a warning parents use Tales of
[01:37:03] Tanto to teach their children about
[01:37:05] honest work and respect for others
[01:37:07] property Farmers left small Gifts of
[01:37:10] rice and sake for the spirit during
[01:37:11] Harvest time to show thanks for his
[01:37:14] protection even today some Japanese
[01:37:16] villages hold festivals to honor tantu
[01:37:19] and remind people about the value of
[01:37:21] working together and treating nature
[01:37:23] with
[01:37:25] care the terius haunted the horse
[01:37:28] racetracks of ancient Greece striking
[01:37:30] fear into both Riders and their steeds
[01:37:33] this invisible Spirit held power over
[01:37:35] horses making them panic and crash
[01:37:37] during important races the Greeks built
[01:37:40] special shrines near dangerous turns of
[01:37:42] their racetracks to please this feared
[01:37:44] deity and protect their animals from its
[01:37:46] cruel tricks the spirit took no physical
[01:37:49] form that human eyes could see but
[01:37:51] horses sensed its presence clearly
[01:37:53] Riders told Tales of their horses
[01:37:55] stopping suddenly as if hitting an
[01:37:57] invisible wall strong well-trained
[01:37:59] horses would rear up throw their riders
[01:38:02] or bolt away from the track when they
[01:38:04] felt the ter syus near one famous story
[01:38:06] tells of the champion horse fenos who
[01:38:09] never lost a race until meeting the
[01:38:11] terus at Olympia as fenos rounded the
[01:38:14] sharp turn near the spirit's Shrine the
[01:38:16] mighty horse began to shake with fear
[01:38:19] despite his riter skill fenos charged
[01:38:21] into the crowd ending his perfect racing
[01:38:24] record and proving the spirit's power
[01:38:26] over even the bravest horses the threat
[01:38:28] of the terus changed how Greeks built
[01:38:31] and ran their racetracks they placed
[01:38:33] warning marks near spots where the
[01:38:35] spirit liked to appear and riters
[01:38:37] learned special prayers for protection
[01:38:39] before each race owners would leave
[01:38:41] small gifts at the spirit's Shrine
[01:38:44] hoping to keep their horses safe from
[01:38:45] its dangerous
[01:38:48] influence the tangu lived in the
[01:38:50] mountains of Japan where it ruled the
[01:38:52] skies with it its powerful magic and
[01:38:54] fighting skills this bird-like Spirit
[01:38:57] could change its shape at will and
[01:38:59] taught martial arts to worthy students
[01:39:01] people both feared the tangu for its
[01:39:03] quick temper and respected it for its
[01:39:05] wisdom treating it as a guardian of
[01:39:08] Japan's sacred places a tangu looks like
[01:39:10] a warrior monk with bright red skin and
[01:39:13] a long beak-like nose some wear the
[01:39:15] Robes of mountain priests While others
[01:39:18] dress in feathered cloaks that help them
[01:39:20] fly they always carry special fans made
[01:39:22] of bird feathers which they use to stir
[01:39:24] up great winds their eyes glow like
[01:39:27] golden coins in the dark and many have
[01:39:29] wings as wide as pine trees one tangu
[01:39:32] story tells of how it trained the
[01:39:34] warrior minamoto no yoshit tsuni the
[01:39:37] young yoshit tsuni met the tangu while
[01:39:39] living at a temple where the spirit saw
[01:39:41] his pure heart and strong will for many
[01:39:44] years the tangu taught him sword
[01:39:46] fighting in secret helping him become
[01:39:48] one of Japan's greatest warriors the
[01:39:50] Tang made him practice with heavy wooden
[01:39:52] swords and learned to jump from tall
[01:39:54] tree branches the Tang shaped how
[01:39:56] Japanese people think about power and
[01:39:58] wisdom parents told their children to be
[01:40:01] respectful in the mountains warning that
[01:40:03] the Tang would punish proud or rude
[01:40:05] Behavior martial arts schools hung
[01:40:08] pictures of Tang when their training
[01:40:09] Halls hoping to gain some of their
[01:40:11] fighting Spirit even today many Japanese
[01:40:14] people leave small gifts at Mountain
[01:40:16] shrines for these powerful
[01:40:19] Spirits the tomte lived in farms across
[01:40:22] Sweden and Norway way watching over the
[01:40:24] animals and buildings at night this tiny
[01:40:27] house Spirit stood No taller than a
[01:40:29] small child but it held great power over
[01:40:31] the success or failure of a farm people
[01:40:34] both feared and respected the tte
[01:40:36] because it could either help their Farm
[01:40:38] Thrive or bring bad luck if treated
[01:40:40] poorly the tomte looked like an old man
[01:40:43] with a Long White Beard wearing simple
[01:40:45] gray wool clothes and a bright red cap
[01:40:48] its eyes glowed in the dark like a cat's
[01:40:51] and though it was small it had the
[01:40:52] strength of 10 men the ton moved so
[01:40:55] quietly that even mice could not hear
[01:40:57] its footsteps as it walked through the
[01:40:59] farm at night a rather famous story
[01:41:01] tells of a farmer who found his horses
[01:41:04] perfectly groomed each morning their Ms
[01:41:06] braided and coats shining he stayed up
[01:41:09] one night and saw the tomte caring for
[01:41:11] the horses feeding them extra oats from
[01:41:13] the barn the farmer left a bowl of warm
[01:41:16] porridge with butter as thanks and from
[01:41:18] that day on his farm became the most
[01:41:20] successful in the village the tomte
[01:41:22] shaped Farmers lived their daily lives
[01:41:25] families left out food for it every
[01:41:27] night kept their barns tidy and taught
[01:41:30] their children to be respectful of the
[01:41:31] farm spaces they believed a happy tte
[01:41:34] meant healthy animals good harvests and
[01:41:37] protection from bad luck even today many
[01:41:40] Swedish homes Place small TTA statues in
[01:41:43] their Gardens to bring Good
[01:41:46] Fortune the Teru soared through the
[01:41:49] Skies of ancient Hungary as a mighty
[01:41:51] bird of power and wisdom this sacred
[01:41:54] Falcon carried a sword in its claws and
[01:41:56] brought messages from the gods to the
[01:41:58] people below the Hungarian tribes
[01:42:00] believed the Teru chose where they
[01:42:02] should build their new home making it
[01:42:04] one of their most important spiritual
[01:42:06] guides these beings stood taller than
[01:42:08] three men when perched with feathers
[01:42:10] that Shone like polished metal in the
[01:42:12] sun its wings spread wider than the
[01:42:14] longest boat and its eyes glowed with an
[01:42:17] inner fire that could Pierce The
[01:42:19] Darkness unlike normal Birds of Prey the
[01:42:22] turu had a crown of golden feathers that
[01:42:24] marked it as a messenger of the Gods the
[01:42:27] most famous tale of the turl tells how
[01:42:29] it appeared to amay the mother of
[01:42:31] hungary's first ruler in Her Dream the
[01:42:33] great bird landed beside her and told
[01:42:36] her that her son would lead their people
[01:42:37] to a new Homeland the turl then placed a
[01:42:40] Golden Crown on her belly showing that
[01:42:43] her child would start a line of Mighty
[01:42:45] Kings the Hungarian people painted the
[01:42:47] Teru on their battle flags and carved
[01:42:50] its image into their doorways for
[01:42:51] protection Hunters asked for its
[01:42:53] blessing before they set out and new
[01:42:55] mothers placed to rule feathers above
[01:42:57] their babies beds to keep them safe the
[01:43:00] bird became such an important symbol
[01:43:02] that even today many hungarians see the
[01:43:04] turl as a guardian of their Nation
[01:43:07] throughout the villages and cities
[01:43:08] people built stone carvings of the turu
[01:43:11] with its wings spread wide and its sword
[01:43:13] ready to defend the land these statues
[01:43:16] helped everyone remember the great bird
[01:43:18] that had guided their ancestors to their
[01:43:20] home and they taught children about the
[01:43:22] power of following following Divine
[01:43:25] signs far beneath the dark streets of
[01:43:28] ancient India the vitala haunted burial
[01:43:31] grounds and made its home in dead bodies
[01:43:34] this clever Spirit could jump from
[01:43:36] Corpse to corpse using each body like a
[01:43:38] puppet to trick the living people both
[01:43:40] feared and respected the vitala because
[01:43:42] it loved to challenge humans with
[01:43:44] riddles that tested their wisdom and
[01:43:46] courage the vitala looked different in
[01:43:48] each body it took over but certain signs
[01:43:51] always showed its presence the body
[01:43:53] moved backward instead of forward spoke
[01:43:55] in a hollow voice and cast no shadow on
[01:43:58] the ground its eyes glowed red in the
[01:44:00] darkness and it could climb walls like a
[01:44:02] spider the most prominent story tells of
[01:44:05] king vicr meda's battle of wits with a
[01:44:08] vitala the king had to carry a corpse
[01:44:10] with a vitala inside it to a magic man
[01:44:13] but the spirit told the king puzzling
[01:44:15] stories along the way each tale ended
[01:44:17] with a hard question and if the king
[01:44:19] answered the vitala would fly back to
[01:44:21] the burial ground forcing the king to
[01:44:24] start over the game went on for 25
[01:44:26] nights the vitala changed how people
[01:44:29] thought about death and wisdom parents
[01:44:31] told their children vitala stories to
[01:44:33] teach them how to think carefully and
[01:44:35] speak truthfully Travelers avoided
[01:44:37] burial grounds at night and wise men
[01:44:39] studied the vitala riddles to learn
[01:44:41] about Justice and fair choices even
[01:44:43] Kings learned that sometimes the
[01:44:45] smartest Choice was to stay silent just
[01:44:47] as king vicrad finally won by not
[01:44:50] answering the vitala last question
[01:44:55] the wanagi roam the lands of the Great
[01:44:57] Plains where many Native American tribes
[01:44:59] lived and hunted these Spirit beings
[01:45:02] could move between the world of the
[01:45:03] living and the world of the Dead the
[01:45:06] Lakota people both feared and honored
[01:45:08] the wanagi as they believed these
[01:45:10] Spirits could either protect or harm the
[01:45:12] living these Spirits could take many
[01:45:14] shapes from shadow figures to glowing
[01:45:17] lights that floated above the ground
[01:45:19] some looked like normal people but cast
[01:45:21] no Shadow While others appeared as small
[01:45:23] whirlwinds of dust the wanagi could also
[01:45:26] enter dreams where they often took the
[01:45:28] form of loved ones who had passed away
[01:45:31] the most notable story tells of a young
[01:45:33] Hunter who met a wanagi near Sunset the
[01:45:36] spirit appeared as his grandfather who
[01:45:38] had died the previous winter the hunter
[01:45:40] shared his food with the spirit and
[01:45:42] listened to its warnings about a
[01:45:44] dangerous storm coming because he showed
[01:45:46] respect to the wanagi the hunter
[01:45:48] survived the fierce blizzard that
[01:45:50] followed and helped his village prepare
[01:45:52] for it the Lakota people changed many
[01:45:54] parts of their daily lives because of
[01:45:56] the wanagi they built special Spirit
[01:45:58] houses near their burial grounds to give
[01:46:00] the wanagi places to rest families left
[01:46:03] out small amounts of food and water for
[01:46:05] wandering Spirits people also spoke
[01:46:07] carefully about the dead knowing that
[01:46:09] wanagi might be listening nearby during
[01:46:12] important ceremonies the Lakota made
[01:46:14] special offerings to welcome friendly
[01:46:16] wanagi and keep harmful ones away they
[01:46:19] burned sacred herbs like sage and sweet
[01:46:21] grass which they beli helped good
[01:46:23] spirits find their way to the ceremony
[01:46:25] children learned from an early age to
[01:46:27] respect these spirits and the thin line
[01:46:29] between the world of the living and the
[01:46:33] dead the wug stalked the forests of
[01:46:36] western Canada where it hunted humans
[01:46:38] with endless hunger and Supernatural
[01:46:40] strength this fearsome Spirit began as a
[01:46:43] normal person who gained too much power
[01:46:45] from ancient Animal Spirits turning them
[01:46:47] into a cursed being that craved human
[01:46:50] flesh the danah people feared the wet
[01:46:53] not just for its deadly nature but
[01:46:55] because anyone in their tribe could
[01:46:56] become one by breaking sacred rules the
[01:46:59] creature took the form of a being made
[01:47:01] of solid ice towering over its victims
[01:47:04] with a frozen humanlike shape like
[01:47:07] winter itself come to life the wetu
[01:47:09] moved with shocking speed through the
[01:47:11] forests leaving trails of frost in its
[01:47:14] wake its icy body could not be harmed by
[01:47:17] normal weapons as arrows and Spears
[01:47:19] would simply shatter against its frozen
[01:47:21] form some speak of a wetu that tried to
[01:47:24] trick a group of Hunters by calling out
[01:47:26] with a human voice pretending to be lost
[01:47:28] in the woods the hunters knew better
[01:47:30] than to split up staying close to their
[01:47:33] fire through the night when morning came
[01:47:35] they found giant Frozen Footprints
[01:47:37] circling their Camp sh how the wuge had
[01:47:40] stalked them in the darkness the threat
[01:47:42] of becoming a wuge shaped how the danah
[01:47:44] lived their daily lives they followed
[01:47:47] strict rules to avoid gaining too much
[01:47:49] power they would not eat meat with fly
[01:47:51] eggs have their picture taken with
[01:47:53] bright flashes or listen to music played
[01:47:55] on stretched animal skins breaking these
[01:47:58] rules meant risking a fate worse than
[01:48:00] death becoming a monster that would hunt
[01:48:02] their own people the only way to destroy
[01:48:04] a wuge was to trap it and melt its icy
[01:48:07] form in a large fire until nothing
[01:48:09] remained this task proved so difficult
[01:48:11] that stories of successful wet huge
[01:48:13] Hunters became Legends passed down
[01:48:16] through generations as proof that even
[01:48:18] the most terrible creatures could be
[01:48:19] defeated with wisdom and bravery
[01:48:24] the wendigo stalked the cold forests of
[01:48:26] Canada and the northern United States
[01:48:28] this evil spirit could turn people into
[01:48:30] hungry monsters who wanted to eat human
[01:48:33] flesh Native American tribes especially
[01:48:35] the Algonquian peoples feared the
[01:48:37] windigo most during harsh Winters when
[01:48:40] food was scarce the creature looked like
[01:48:42] a walking skeleton with gray rotting
[01:48:44] skin stretched tight over its bones its
[01:48:47] eyes sank deep in their sockets and its
[01:48:50] bloody lips pulled back to show sharp
[01:48:52] teeth the wendo stood many times taller
[01:48:54] than a human and it gave off a smell
[01:48:57] like decaying meat most striking of all
[01:49:00] the monster grew larger with each person
[01:49:02] at eight but always stayed terribly thin
[01:49:04] a tale has been passed of a wendo that
[01:49:07] caught a young Native American Boy The
[01:49:09] Monster kept the boy alive checking if
[01:49:11] he was fat enough to eat by cutting his
[01:49:13] hand when the boy went to a nearby
[01:49:15] Village for food he showed the people
[01:49:17] his cut hand and asked for help the
[01:49:20] villagers found the wendigo and cut off
[01:49:22] its leg eggs but the creature lived on
[01:49:24] eating the marrow from its own bones
[01:49:26] until the villagers finally killed it
[01:49:28] the wendigo shaped how native peoples
[01:49:30] lived and treated each other the story
[01:49:33] warned against greed and taught people
[01:49:35] to share food in hard times if someone
[01:49:37] acted too selfish or ate more than their
[01:49:39] share others feared they might turn into
[01:49:42] a wendigo this belief was so strong that
[01:49:44] some Villages held special dances to
[01:49:47] remind people about the danger of
[01:49:49] becoming too greedy
[01:49:52] Travelers in England's dark swamps often
[01:49:55] saw strange lights floating in the night
[01:49:57] air these ghostly Flames called will of
[01:49:59] the Wisps LED people away from safe
[01:50:02] paths and into dangerous bogs local folk
[01:50:04] believed these lights were spirits who
[01:50:06] enjoyed tricking humans into getting
[01:50:08] lost in the marshes the will of the Wisp
[01:50:10] looked like a small ball of blue white
[01:50:12] fire that danced through the air it
[01:50:14] moved like a candle flame in the wind
[01:50:17] growing bigger and smaller as it bobbed
[01:50:19] up and down when people came close the
[01:50:22] light would fade until it was as dim as
[01:50:24] a distant star but it grew bright again
[01:50:26] when they backed away a story tells of a
[01:50:28] farmer named will who was walking home
[01:50:31] late at night when he saw a beautiful
[01:50:33] light floating ahead of him the light
[01:50:35] seemed to beckon him forward promising
[01:50:37] to show him a shorter path through the
[01:50:39] marsh will followed the light for hours
[01:50:41] until he found himself stuck in thick
[01:50:43] mud and the light vanished with a sound
[01:50:46] like laughing people changed their whole
[01:50:48] lives to avoid meeting these trickster
[01:50:50] lights they refused to travel at night
[01:50:52] near swamps and always carried a cold
[01:50:54] Iron Key which they believed would keep
[01:50:57] the will of the Wisp away parents taught
[01:50:59] their children special verses to say if
[01:51:01] they ever saw the lights and Maps marked
[01:51:04] dangerous areas where the spirits often
[01:51:08] appeared The Wraith haunted the Misty
[01:51:10] fields and empty roads of Northern
[01:51:12] Europe hunting for lone Travelers in the
[01:51:15] dark this ghostly creature could pass
[01:51:17] through solid walls and drain the life
[01:51:20] from sleeping victims with a single
[01:51:22] touch people feared The Wraith not just
[01:51:24] for its deadly Powers but because it
[01:51:26] could appear anywhere at any time giving
[01:51:29] no warning before it struck The Wraith
[01:51:31] looked like smoke given human shape with
[01:51:34] eyes that glowed like dying Embers in
[01:51:36] the night its body floated a few inches
[01:51:39] above the ground trailing wisps of gray
[01:51:41] Mist behind it as it moved when The
[01:51:43] Wraith found its prey it would stretch
[01:51:46] and grow until it towered over them its
[01:51:48] shadowy arms reaching out like long
[01:51:50] black claws many individuals have shared
[01:51:53] a famous wraith story which tells of a
[01:51:56] merchant who tried to trick death by
[01:51:58] staying awake for seven nights in a row
[01:52:00] on the seventh night a wraith slipped
[01:52:02] through his bedroom wall like water
[01:52:04] through cloth the merchant fought to
[01:52:06] keep his eyes open but the wraith's
[01:52:08] presence made the air so cold and heavy
[01:52:11] that he could not help falling asleep by
[01:52:13] morning the Merchant's family found only
[01:52:15] his empty clothes lying on the bed
[01:52:17] Travelers changed their whole lives to
[01:52:19] avoid meeting wraiths they refused to
[01:52:21] Journey alone after Sunset and hung iron
[01:52:24] charms above their doors as wraiths
[01:52:26] could not pass near iron people built
[01:52:29] their houses close together in tight
[01:52:30] groups believing that wraiths preferred
[01:52:33] to attack those who lived far from
[01:52:34] others families would take turns keeping
[01:52:37] watch through the night especially
[01:52:39] during the dark winter months when
[01:52:40] wraiths grew
[01:52:43] stronger in Japanese homes a special
[01:52:46] Spirit called the zashiki warashi brings
[01:52:49] good luck and wealth to families this
[01:52:51] childlike ghost lives in the oldest or
[01:52:53] nicest room of the house known as the
[01:52:56] zashiki the spirit shows great care for
[01:52:58] the family that lives there but only
[01:53:00] stays if people treat it with respect
[01:53:02] and kindness the zashiki Rashi looks
[01:53:05] like a five or six-year-old child with
[01:53:07] bobbed hair and Rosy Cheeks it wears
[01:53:09] traditional Japanese clothes from long
[01:53:11] ago a red and white kimono with wooden
[01:53:14] sandals though the spirit can become
[01:53:16] invisible at will many people say they
[01:53:18] have seen it playing or running through
[01:53:20] their homes at night undoubtedly the
[01:53:22] most famous tale tells of a poor family
[01:53:25] who gained great wealth after a zashiki
[01:53:27] Rashi moved into their home the spirit
[01:53:30] made coins appear from nowhere helped
[01:53:32] their crops grow better than their
[01:53:34] neighbors and warned them about coming
[01:53:36] storms but when the family became too
[01:53:38] proud and stopped caring for their house
[01:53:40] the spirit left soon after the family
[01:53:43] lost everything they had gained people
[01:53:45] who live in Old Japanese houses still
[01:53:47] leave out small toys and sweets for
[01:53:49] these Spirits they keep the zashiki room
[01:53:51] clean and well well-kept hoping the
[01:53:53] spirit will stay parents teach their
[01:53:55] children to be kind if they meet a
[01:53:57] zashikiwarashi saying that making
[01:53:59] friends with one will bring luck to the
[01:54:01] whole family for many years some
[01:54:03] families say they hear children's
[01:54:05] laughter or the soft sound of bouncing
[01:54:07] balls when no one else's home they
[01:54:09] believe these are signs that their
[01:54:11] zashikiwarashi feels happy and will
[01:54:13] continue to protect their home the
[01:54:15] families treat these sounds as welcome
[01:54:17] music knowing that as long as the spirit
[01:54:20] plays in their house Good Fortune will
[01:54:22] stay with them