soucouyant
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A soucouyant, among other names, is a kind of shape-shifting, blood-sucking hag present in Caribbean folklore.
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A soucouyant, among other names, is a kind of shape-shifting, blood-sucking hag present in Caribbean folklore.
== Names == The spirit has several regional names: '''Ol' Higue or Ole Haig in Guyana, Belize and Jamaica Asema in Suriname Hag in The Bahamas and Barbados Soucouyant or soucriant in Saint Lucia, Louisiana, Trinidad, and elsewhere in the Caribbean Soukouyan''' in Grenada
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