Our journey to become a comprehensive source on creatures from folklore is sometimes blocked by access to resources. Here are some things we need help finding!
Sources[]
The most important source is anecdotes from people! If you grew up hearing stories of a creature or being, have seen them in a museum, have a cultural object that resembles them, read about one in a book... please let us know! Leave a comment on the article or Cicada's page, or email cicada.carpenter@gmail.com.
These are books and other citeable sources that we know contain valuable information, but don't have access to. If you can find them, please either share them with us or edit pages with more info!
HIGH PRIORITY:
- Erinaput unguvaniartut = So our voices will live: Quinhagak history and oral traditions, compiled by Alice Rearden (general Yupik folklore, contains a story on Kogukhpuk/Quugaarpak on page 372)
For specific pages:
- Chilhue, Tierra de Gaviotas: Mitos, Leyendas y Relatos, by Antonio Cárdenas Tabies (Puyo, also has a section on Carbuncle)
- Nature Parade: The Private Lives of Animals, by Frank W Lane (Mngwa)
- Yupik Lore: Oral Traditions of an Eskimo People, by Edward Tennant and Joseph Bitar (Akhlut)
Generally useful:
- Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend, and Folklore, by Theresa Bane (for sources only!)
Images[]
The following pages are lacking proper illustrations. While traditional/cultural artwork and sculptures get priority, we also accept artist submissions based on our pages!
If adding an illustration you did not create, please ensure that it is an accurate portrayal of the creature or being, and that you have permission to use it. We can't accept images that are copyrighted, including artwork or photographs from artists that haven't allowed us to repost their works!
The following are not completed articles, so please don't draw art of them quite yet, but please do add in traditional or cultural works!
- Alicanto
- Baku
- Capelobo
- Cat sith
- Ccoa
- Eer-moonan
- Eloko
- El silbon
- Horerczy
- Impundulu
- Inkanyamba
- Katshituashku
- Kerit
- Lofjerskor
- Lukwata (illustration is not of a Lukwata)
- Ngani-vatu
- Pahua-Tu-Tahi
- Pelesit
- Pollo maligno
- Qamulek
- Sunbird
- Tailypo
- Toyol
- Wendigo (please be respectful if you choose an image for this page)
- Yawkyawk
- Yumboes