The Child-Frighteners
What binds them
- Invoked to frighten children into obedience · 5 of them
- Blood drain · 5 of them
- Flight · 5 of them
- Messenger between mortal and divine realms · 3 of them
- Mythical she wolf ancestor of a people · 3 of them
- Superhuman speed · 3 of them
- Strangles or molests sleepers · 3 of them
- Causes nightmares and sleep paralysis · 2 of them
Drawn from 9 groups of traditions: European 7 · African 3 · Other 2 · None 2 · Norse-Germanic 2 · North American Indigenous 2 · Southeast Asian 1 · Middle Eastern 1 · East Asian 1
21 members
- Adlet
- Asena
- Asin
- Berchta
- Bogeyman
- Ekek
- Gabriel
- Herensugue
- Iris
- Jumbi
- Manananggal
- Mora
- Mormo
- Popobawa
- Sleipnir
- Songomby
- Tenjōname
- Tikoloshe
- Tragopan
- Tuisto
- Wyvern
Resemblance is not descent; descent is drawn only as the gold lines on the constellation. All families.