Legends From Around The World

All Cultures have great (and often fearful) Tales and Epics. Read on some of the best found…

Gremlins

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/gremlins 10th Dec 2022 - A more modern spirit-demon, Gremlins were first spotted by British Royal Air Corps. Pilots in World War I. Seen as the cause of aircraft malfunctions …

Yara Ma Yha Who

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/yara-ma-yha-who 10th Dec 2022 - Centuries old, this creature is a legend from The Aboriginal Tribes of Australia. The creature is a vampire-like beast around 4-feet tall and all red. …

Polevik

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/polevik 10th Dec 2022 - The Polevik legend is told in many Slavic Countries. This creature is seen as a tall (6 foot female) apparition that wears white. Her hair is that of …

Adachigahara

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/adachigahara 10th Dec 2022 - A legend from 10th Century Japan, The Adachigahara is an evil goblin-like female creature. Human before she was cursed - she was a high-ranking woman …

Craquehhe

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/craquehhe 10th Dec 2022 - These truly evil monsters may be one of the original legends that would lead to the ever popular Zombie myths. Documented by legend around 15th Centur …

Boogeyman

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/boogeyman 10th Dec 2022 - This demonic figure from myth is truly unique. Just about every culture on Earth has ''Him''. Regardless of where in the World you live - chances are …

Kludde

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/kludde 9th Dec 2022 - The ''Kludde'' is from Belgium. It's legend goes back to the 12th Century. Part Evil Spirit and part Goblin, they are often seen as a winged wolf-life …

Zombie

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/zombie 9th Dec 2022 - The term ''Zombie'' has many different origins. In it's original context, the term appears in heavy cultural usage on the Island of Haiti. Most of the …

Ankou

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/ankou 9th Dec 2022 - An Ancient Celtic legend tells of The ''Ankou''. As the story goes, the last person to pass away in a Parish  is elected by the Spirits to spend …

Kelpie

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/kelpie 9th Dec 2022 - A popular Scottish Beastie, The ''Kelpie'' legend goes back many centuries. Seen mostly as horses (and sometimes in their humanoid form of a shabby lo …

''Confederate'' Gold

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/confederate-gold 8th Dec 2022 - The American Civil War (1861-1865), has many Legends, Myths (and more than it’s fair share of Ghost Stories), as We have seen. But one facet of …

The Lost Dutchman Mine

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-lost-dutchman-mine 8th Dec 2022 - Part early American Western Urban Legend (it seems), The aptly called ‘’Lost Dutchman Mine’’ – is said to exist somewher …