White

Figures that bear it

A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.

• Boto Encantado bears Brazilian folklore
  why

  By day the Boto is described as an ordinary river dolphin, but at night, especially during festivals, dances, and celebrations held near the riverbank, it is said to take the form of a tall, handsome man, typically dressed in white and wearing a hat to conceal a telltale blowhole at the crown of his head.

• Cat Sìth bears Celtic mythology (general)
  why

  From Celtic folklore, the Cat Sidhe resembles a large black cat with a white spot on its chest.

• Coquena bears Quechua mythology
  why

  A small man in white who drives vicuna herds through the Andean night and punishes anyone who kills them wantonly.

• La Llorona bears Latin American folklore
  why

  Stemming from Latin American folklore, La Llorona appears as a spectral woman in white, crying for her lost children.

• Pontianak bears Malay folklore
  why

  She is defined by her long black hair, white funeral shroud, and the cry of an infant that signals her approach.

• Vila bears Slavic folklore
  why

  She is typically described as a beautiful young woman with long, flowing hair, often blonde or wearing a white gown, who dwells in forests, mountains, clouds, or near lakes, springs, and rivers.