THE CONCORDANCE

night road

4 records across 4 traditions carry this current.

Eastern Europe · 1

DrekavacRevenant · Serbia · Bosnia · CroatiaA South Slavic night-being often linked with the souls of unbaptised or improperly buried dead. Its cry is the warning; descriptions of its body shift from village to village.

Oceania & the Pacific · 1

Min Min lightsOmen · AustraliaMysterious glowing orbs of the Australian outback, named in settler talk from Min Min in western Queensland. Indigenous stories of night lights as elders' spirits or warnings predate and outlast the tourist name.

South Asia · 1

YakshiShapeshifter · IndiaIn Kerala nocturnal folklore, a yakshi may appear as a beautiful woman of the night road who lures travellers; this is not the same figure as the auspicious yakṣī of temple sculpture, nor as yaksha beings more broadly.

The Americas · 1

El CadejoOmen · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · NicaraguaSpectral dog spirits of Central American lore, commonly told as a white protective cadejo and a black malevolent one that follow night travellers, especially the drunk or alone.