Folklore Legends

Dwarves are mythological creatures that are commoning found in Norse mythology. They are also commonly found in Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, and other fantasy stories. The term “ dwarts” is normally used for human beings affected by dwarfism, but “ dwarves” is used to explain the mythical people-like beings. Dwarves appear to be human-like creatures but are very short and stocky. Darves are around three feet tall (about the height of the avenge three-year-old human) and are described to be ugly little men with big heads and normally wearing thick, hairy beards on their faces. Because of Dwarves' physical traits, they are slow runners and unskilled horse riders, but they make up for those things by being known to be excellent warriors and defenders. Dwarves are mostly known for being miners and smiths because they prefer to live underground or in mountainous areas and because of the famous Snow White and the seven dwarfs movie, but they do many different trades just like hum...

     The Drekavac originates from South Slavic mythology and translates to “the screamer” or “the screecher.” They are supposed to be a mythical creature of the souls of children who died before being baptized. It’s common knowledge that they are made of the souls of unbaptized children, but the description of them varies, significantly depending on the culture. In Eastern Serbia, the Drekavac are described as humanoid wolf-like creatures that walk on their two back legs. In this version, they are said to have the body of a large dog with larger hind legs like a kangaroo. Other ways it’s described are as an undead man that crawled out of his grave in the middle of the night. Another common (if not the most common) way it’s described as an unbaptized undead child that crawled out of its grave in the middle of the night to haunt its parents. Drekavac are only seen as night, especially during the twelve days of Christmas (also known as the unbaptized days in Serbian languag...