Alux

A group o green skinned Alux in a forest

The Alux, pronounced “aloosh,” is a sprite-like creature that appears in various Mayan myths from Guatemala and the Yucatan area of Mexico. They are mischievous evil beings that are rumored to still plague people in rural areas. Description Sometimes known as the Chanekeh or Chaneque, the aluxes (or aluxo’ob in the Mayan language) are said to … Read more

Beast of Gévaudan

The Beast of Gévaudan a large werewolf-like creature seen here fighting a woman in a red dress who is attempting to spear it

The Beast of Gévaudan was a man-eater that preyed on people in the former south-central French Province of Gévaudan during the mid-1700s. The territory of the former Province of Gévaudan coincides with the modern-day Départements of Lozère, Dordogne, Haute-Loire, and the region of Auvergne. Gévaudan was an impoverished backwater of France, a remote, mostly rural, … Read more