In the arctic north is a creature so terrifying, that children are warned to listen carefully when near the shore, for if they hear a distinctive humming sound, the Qalupalik is near.
Qalupalik
Walking Sam
Teenage years are tough. School, relationships, responsibilities, and puberty on top of it. The last thing you need is someone telling you you’re worthless, or undeserving of affection; someone encouraging you to end your life. Unfortunately, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, this is a reality, and the words of discouragement are coming from Walking Sam.
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Wendigo
Imagine this: It’s winter, you, your brother and sister, and some friends are staying in an awesome lodge in the mountains, something you do every year. Everything is great, until a few of your friends decide to play a nasty prank on you. Instead of being the butt of their joke, you take off, only your sister pursuing you – that is until something else appears. It’s large, monstrous, and spewing fire. You both run until you’re cornered on a cliff, but you both slip and fall. Your sister dies instantly, but you’re still alive. Your body is broken, you can’t move, but you’re still alive. The creature that was chasing you has disappeared, and no one can hear your screams.
One year later, your brother and friends return to the cabin. You’re not the same person. You’re hungry, and you can’t control your insatiable appetite. You’ve become the same as the creature that chased you over the cliff. You are a wendigo.
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The Legend of La Llorona
La Llorona, the weeping woman, made her way to heaven. There, at the pearly gates, she was challenged by Saint Peter. Where were her children? Without them, she would not be allowed to enter the afterlife, and so she spends her days and nights, wandering the earth, searching in vain for her children, weeping constantly.
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Acheri, a Chippewa Legend
In Native American folklore there is the Acheri. A vengeful spirit, said to dwell on mountain sides and hill tops, waiting for night, so that she may travel into the valleys and spread disease among the children of a tribe.
The Acheri is a Chippewa legend. She was a young girl who died in a very unpleasant manner, from an unknown disease. Her spirit rose and became a plague upon the living.
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