THE CONCORDANCE
obsession
The fixation that consumes its keeper.
Asia & the Isles · 4
BakenekoA transformed cat of Japanese folklore, sometimes linked with age, mistreatment, or revenge. Related to, but not identical with, the split-tailed nekomata.Mae NakMae Nak of Phra Khanong: a specific Thai revenant of a woman who died in childbirth and waited for her husband. Her shrine at Wat Mahabut remains a place of living offerings.RokurokubiA yōkai whose neck stretches enormously at night while the body sleeps or sits still. Some tellings treat the person as unaware; others as knowing and predatory.TenguMountain beings of Japanese folklore, once feared as demons of pride and disruption, later also imagined as martial teachers and protectors of sacred peaks. Crow and human-like forms both appear.
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♧Eastern Europe · 4
LeshyA forest being in Slavic tradition, variously imagined as guardian, trickster, or shapeshifter whose domain confuses the unwary.LidércA Hungarian night visitor that may be hatched as a miracle chicken, fly as a fiery light, or press the sleeper as an incubus. Wealth and longing arrive together; the keeper seldom keeps both life and gold.OvinnikA spirit associated with the ovin (grain-drying barn) in East Slavic rural lore, capable of protecting the harvest or setting it ablaze if offended.PsotnikA mischievous domestic or farm spirit in Polish lore, closer to a trickster of chores and objects than a graveyard horror—still capable of spoiling work and temper.
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⌂Europe & the North · 1
⌂South Asia · 4
BrahmarākshasaIn Hindu folklore, the vengeful spirit of a Brahmin who lived unrighteously, retaining priestly learning in a rakshasa form. Often tied to peepal trees, disrupted rites, and the cost of knowledge without dharma.ChurelA female revenant figure in varied South Asian traditions, often linked in stories to injury, injustice, or a death outside the expected order.MunjyaIn Maharashtrian and Konkan folklore, the restless spirit of a young Brahmin who dies after the munja (upanayana) but before sod-munja and marriage, often said to dwell in peepal trees or near wells.PretaHungry ghosts in South Asian religious cosmologies, beings of intense craving and thin satisfaction. Theological and ethical contexts matter more than horror costume.
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✦The Americas · 3
CurupiraA forest guardian of Brazilian folklore, often recognized by backward-facing feet that confuse hunters and protect the forest.La SayonaA vengeful revenant of the Venezuelan Llanos who hunts unfaithful and roving men. Named for the sayal, her long tunic, or from sayón, the punisher. Related in the plains to El Silbón; not La Llorona.MothmanA modern legend associated with Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and a cluster of 1960s sightings, rumours, and later retellings.
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