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Xingtian challenged the Supreme Deity to a duel to see who would rule, and his head was cut off & buried under a mountain. Undaunted, Xingtian turned his nipples into eyes & his navel into a mouth, & relentlessly terrorizes the Supreme Deity as a martial god.
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Vampirdzhija, Bulgarian vampire hunters, employed bonfire smoke to drop vampires from their perch between the horns of calves, where they hid after feeding. Others chased vampires into bottles, which they sealed & threw into a fire to destroy the creatures.
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U`tlun’ta, or Spearfinger, figure in Cherokee lore. Hag-like woman with skin hard as stone & a long, deadly forefinger on her right hand, lethal as a spear. Her heart, her only vulnerable spot, beats on her right palm, which she protects at all times.
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In Japan the hatsuyume, or first dream of each new year, has significant bearing on one's luck. Dreams of eggplants, hawks, or Mount Fuji are considered especially lucky.
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Seeing the full moon through the branches of a tree will bring bad luck; a new moon over your right shoulder brings good. But sleeping under the full moon brings the worst luck of all, as its light reaches down & disfigures your face.
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(All art by Jill Battaglia)

Couple of skeletons, with "some meat left on the bone." This is a sadly underutilized variety of fiend.

(US and UK eds. of Michael Shea's The Color Out of Time, Ken Kelly & Gino d'Achille)

A ship once brought aboard a corrupt traveler named Yellow Jack - and never made it home. No port would dock it due to its cursed passenger, & his presence made the crew go mad, fighting & killing each other. The ship now sails endlessly, with a crew of ghosts.
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Naoyuki Kato

Leszy, Slavic spirit of the forest. It takes the form of a huge humanoid but shrinks & shrinks the further away it moves from the heart of its forest. The Leszy calls to travelers in voices familiar to them, luring them into the heart of the wood.
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