THE CONCORDANCE

Rice / counting compulsions

3 records across 3 traditions carry this current.

Asia & the Isles · 1

TuyulHousehold · Indonesia · MalaysiaA child-shaped spirit of Indonesian and Malay folklore, spoken of as a familiar that steals wealth for a keeper. Often imagined in connection with the unsettled dead of infancy. This entry is a warning about greed, not a recipe.

Europe & the North · 1

KallikantzarosNight visitor · GreeceGreek and Anatolian Christmas goblins who spend the year sawing the world-tree underground and climb out only for the Twelve Days. Epiphany water and a kept fire send them home.

The Americas · 1

SoucouyantShapeshifter · Trinidad and Tobago · Latin AmericaA Creole and African-diaspora night figure of Trinidad and the wider Caribbean: by day an ordinary neighbour, by night a skin-shedder who travels as fire and takes blood. Not a generic European vampire; salt, rice-counting, and dawn belong to this tradition’s own logic.