Ayomide Adekilekun

Ayomide Adekilekun

Parchment-style artwork of La Diablesse, Trinidad devil woman, luring traveler on forest path.

La Diablesse: Trinidad Folktale of the Devil Woman

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October 29, 2025
In the twilight shadows of Trinidad, travelers whisper of a figure both alluring and terrifying: La Diablesse, the devil woman. Tales of her have passed down through generations, blending African, French-Creole, and plantation-era folk traditions into a singular legend of caution and fascination. She is a woman of dual faces. At times, she appears as an old crone, her twisted
Parchment-style illustration of faceless Douen spirits in a Trinidad forest at twilight.

Douen: Trinidad Folktale of the Forest Spirits

Deep within the dense forest and winding by‑ways of Trinidad, there lurk spirits unlike any other. These are the Douen, sometimes called Duenns, the lost children who never received baptism and now wander between the worlds of the living and the dead. Their presence is whispered in every rustle of
Parchment style illustration of a one eyed jungle giant and escaping traveler, Honduran Miskito folktale.

El Cíclope de la Selva Misquita

December 28, 2025
Deep within the vast rainforest of La Mosquitia, where towering ceiba trees block the sun and winding rivers disappear into shadow, the Miskito people tell a story meant to be remembered and respected. It is not a tale told lightly, for it speaks of danger, survival, and the wisdom required
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Parchment style illustration of Anansi tricking Tiger by a riverbank, Trinidad folktale scene.

Anansi and Tiger

December 28, 2025
Long ago, when animals spoke and the forest carried the memory of every boast and every lie, Tiger ruled as the strongest creature of the land. In the Trinidadian countryside, where bamboo thickets and riverbanks shaped both work and story, Tiger was known as the King of the Forest. His
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Parchment-style illustration of La Chorca as an owl spirit above a village, Honduran folktale scene.

La Chorca

December 27, 2025
In the quiet villages and forest-edged settlements of Honduras, people once spoke softly at night of a presence that moved unseen through the darkness. This presence was known as La Chorca, also called La Mujer Lechuza, a figure rooted deeply in Indigenous and mestizo oral tradition. Her story was not
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Parchment style illustration of Kairasa beside a hillside path, Nicaraguan folktale spirit.

Kairasa

December 27, 2025
In the hills and rural pathways of Nicaragua, where funeral processions once followed winding dirt roads and silence carried meaning, people spoke quietly of a sorrowful spirit named Kairasa. Her story, passed down through oral tradition and recorded in Cuentos, leyendas y mitos de Nicaragua, is not one of spectacle
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Parchment style illustration of La Chancha Bruja as a pig near a village, Nicaraguan folktale.

La Chancha Bruja

December 27, 2025
In the rural communities of Nicaragua, where oral tradition has long shaped how people understand the unseen world, there is a figure both feared and strangely familiar. Her name is La Chancha Bruja, the Witch Pig, and her story is one of the most unsettling and widely remembered tales found
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Parchment style illustration of Las Ceguas spirits on a forest path, Nicaraguan folktale scene.

Las Ceguas

December 27, 2025
As daylight fades across the rural pathways of Nicaragua, the land takes on a quieter and more watchful presence. Forest edges darken quickly, and narrow dirt roads stretch between isolated villages, bordered by trees that seem to lean inward as night approaches. It is along these paths, at the uncertain
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Parchment style illustration of the Silk Cotton tree with spirits, Trinidadian folktale scene.

The Silk Cotton Tree

December 27, 2025
In the quiet countryside of Trinidad, where forests stretch thick and ancient beyond the reach of roads, there stands a tree unlike any other. The Silk Cotton tree rises higher than the surrounding canopy, its massive trunk braced by wide buttress roots that seem to grip the earth itself. To
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Parchment-style illustration of a glowing-eyed phantom bull on a Trinidadian night road, Afro-Caribbean folklore.

The Rolling Calf: Trinidadian Phantom Folktale

December 27, 2025
In the quiet, moonlit fields of rural Trinidad, travelers beware the dark roads that wind past pastures and abandoned plantations. For here lurks a creature known as the Rolling Calf, a spectral bull whose presence is feared across generations. It is no ordinary beast: its massive form looms out of
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