snatch-and-carry

Jipijka'm · salience 0.9

“Its ability to snatch and carry away human beings in its talons serves as a cautionary tale, embodying the respect and caution one must have for the forces of nature.”

Para · salience 0.8

“Published folklore describes the para's making as an act of folk magic: its owner gathers scraps — wool, thread, bits of cloth or wax, sometimes items taken from another's property — and animates the assembled bundle, in some accounts with the maker's own blood, so that it can be sent out to steal butter, milk, grain, or coin from neighboring farms and bring the theft home.”