Hello and welcome to She Wolf Night. This blog is mainly about the paranormal including ghosts, monsters, urban legends, UFO's and cryptids. We also cover subjects of folklore, myths and legends. I sometimes mention stories about the natural world. I base my posts on information from books, websites, articles and even historic records, which I always give links to. There will be some content that readers may find disturbing. Finally I will point out that this blog uses cookies.
A short message to say Happy Mother's Day to all mothers everywhere. In the UK and Ireland, Mother's Day is on Sunday 27th March. So here is a short video of a mother wolf and her relaxing time being interrupted by the needy kids! 😆
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A wolf watching the camera while hiding behind blossoms. Yes I can see you there sweetie LOL! Happy Springtime everyone!
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One of the most scariest monstrous dogs found in English folklore is the Barghest. It's a very large black hellhound, with red eyes, razor sharp white claws and enormous fangs dripping with goo. Associated with malicious entities and goblins, anyone unfortunate enough to see it would die very quickly afterwards.
An omen of death, the apparition of Barghest is thought to be of the same species as other hellhounds, including Black Shuck, Gytrash, Gwyllgi, Cwn Awwn, Striker, Padfoot, Mauthe Doog and many others. Barghest was quite unique on its own for it's paws were backward facing. The sound of its howl sent chills down everyone's spines.
The creature was believed to be headless but it could shape-shift and turn transparent. Barghest was always nocturnal and appeared at night. The origins of Barghest is somewhere in northern England, and it's name is somewhat vague, related to a "barge ghost".
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Someone asked me if there are werewolves in Japanese culture. My answer was posted in the site Quora and here is a copy that I tidied up. I mentioned that the Japanese werewolf is often portrayed as a benign spirit in folklore and legends of Japan. There are old tales of the Ookami (wolf) that guards fields, mountains and villages, and also protects the harvest.
People used to carry or wear wolf charms (made from wolf bones, fur and wolf teeth) called Shishiyoke to protect against evil. These paranormal wolf entities are believes to connect to the spirit or kami. Many places were named after them, such as the village Okamiiwa that means "wolf rock," and the village Okamitaira that means "wolf plateau." On the island of Honshu there are about 20 Shinto wolf shrines. There is the Okuriokami or "wolf escort" that follows someone walking through a dark forest alone until they reach safety.
People made offerings to these wolf spirits. The customs of Japanese people who live deep within the countryside hold beliefs in the ancient wolf spirits, the Ookami creatures. In the West, people fear werewolves and associated them with monsters and horror films, but there is a darker history behind it. While in Japan, supernatural wolf entities are treated with more positivity and respect.
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Up in the Orkney islands, there is legend about a sinister race of sorcerers called Finfolk. These were able to control the elements, bring about storms and shapeshift. They looked like amphibians and could disguise themselves and live among humans sometimes, and other times they dwelled under water. They lived mainly in a city called Finfolkaheem, and spent the cold winters there. It was believed that this unknown city was under the sea. During summer, the Finfolk went to Hildaland ("Hidden Land"). These Finfolk had a trait of stealing people.
On 14th July 1990, a ferry with eighty-eight registered people ("bird watchers") landed at a port in Eynhallow island, an event organised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. On the journey back, just eighty-six people were counted. The police and coastguard searched for the two missing people, but they never found them. Some assumed that the two people might never have existed, or the passengers were miscounted. Among the other bird watchers that visited Eynhallow, they believe the two missing might have been the mysterious Finfolk.
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