strangles-or-molests-sleepers

Popobawa · salience 0.95

“The Popobawa's defining and most notorious act, in the folklore surrounding it, is the sexual assault of men and women alike while they sleep, along with a demand that victims tell others of the attack”

Tikoloshe

“Its attacks in folklore range from strangling or molesting sleepers at night to causing chronic illness or fear that is otherwise unexplained, and it is frequently blamed in folk belief for misfortunes that defy easy explanation.”