(Latinx) Gnome-like creatures who live inside the walls of homes, especially in the bedroom walls of young children. 

(Mexican) A vampire myth with deep roots in the Nahua culture. 

(Central American) A pair of dogs: one good, one evil. 

(Widespread) A Boogeyman who scares children 

(El Salvador) A trickster and he son of a goddess

(Aztec Deity) A feathered serpent and god who created man and was the connection between earth and sky

(El Salvador & Central America)  A shapeshifting spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind. She lures men away into danger before revealing her face to be that of a horse or, alternatively, a skull. 

According to legend, he was once a wealthy fisherman who was one day taken by the sea, and eventually reappeared as something more fish than man. 

A legendary lost soul from Venezuela.

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