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What's the scary folk lore from your culture? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by spez to c/[email protected]

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Every culture/region has stories and myths about the things existing there. What are the ones you find the most spooky and/or interesting?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here in Costa Rica we have plenty of those:

El Cadejos (the chain-hound): a black dog wrapped in chains, said to appear in the night to scare drunkards straight, and allegedly a former drunkard itself.
La Segua (or La Cegua): a woman that seduces men at night, then shows her true form as a human with the head of a horse, an event which is said to scare men to death.
La Llorona (the crying lady): a woman who lost her child, by drowning in a river in several sources, and cries loudly for that during the night.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, is La Segua's body normal? its just a Horse head from the neck up? Im sure there are a lot of people who could work with that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It is, but the big reveal usually happens in the middle of a passionate kiss. Hence the deadly shock. Though I'd like to see the Cegua foiled by a dedicated furry