The Night-Comers

16 creatures confidence: high community #32

emerges-at-night-to-attack (12): predators defined by the hour they arrive rather than by what they are [named growth-05, approved by mk 2026-07-28]

What binds them

The shared documented vocabulary this family coheres around — each link lists every carrier of that motif or power.

• emerges at night to attack (motif, shared ×12)
• shapeshifts human animal (motif, shared ×8)
• fear inducing roar (power, shared ×7)
• body wreathed in flames (motif, shared ×3)
• night vision (power, shared ×3)
• soul drain (power, shared ×3)
• booming cry precedes sighting (motif, shared ×1)
• can be placated by specific ritual or trick (motif, shared ×1)

Spans 11 tradition families: other ×3 · none ×2 · east-asian ×2 · european ×2 · slavic ×1 · oceanian ×1 · south-american ×1 · african ×1 · middle-eastern ×1 · celtic ×1 · mesoamerican ×1

Members

• Ajatar
• Altamaha-ha
• Ao Ao
• Asanbosam
• Bogeyman
• Bukavac
• Bunyip
• Ghoul
• Gwyllgi
• Kasha
• Loup-Garou
• Mullo
• Rougarou
• Soucouyant
• Wanyūdō
• Xiuhcoatl

Affinity families assert documented resemblance — shared motifs and powers that beat a null model — never genealogy. Descent is a different claim, made only by the gold curated-kinship edges on the constellation. Discovered by deterministic community detection; see all affinity families.