Talunese Legends and Folklore

Legendary figures in Talune

Demons

Culsu, a demoness who wields torch and scissors to create portals
Krampus, demon who was defeated by San Nicola and forced to serve him, becoming a zloduch eventually
Pietro Rossastro a demonologer who was tricked by a powerful demon and now lives as a husk of a person Fiorire
Vanth, an ancient soulstealing demoness said to dwell in a ruined city

Dragons

Scultone, a murderous dragon who is sealed in a sacred mirror.
Tarantasio, an undead dragon living in a dry lake who was killed by a legendary hero.
Thyrus, a dragon living in the wetlands whose breath is vile poison

Ghost stories

Azzurrina, ghost of a noblewoman who mysteriously disappeared near Alveo said to haunt a castle near there
Bianca di Collalto, ghost of a maiden sealed in a wall of a house in the countryside near Santamaria
The Confinati, exorcised ghosts sealed in temples near Montacqua
Guria, a ghost controlling a haunted house near Nuoposto
Liotru Morimondo, the founder of Cenpianu who is said to still haunt the palace there
Pantasema, the ghost of the wife of a rain spirit (Maimone) in the islands

Witches

Basura, an ancient witch in a remote cave full of ill winds
Befana, a gift-bringing witch
Borda, a swamp witch
la Donzella, a huntress rimmed in blue light who appears to protect women
Giubiana, a powerful witch who represents the springtime, living outside of Rotondo
The Mascae, women cursed with inmortality but not eternal youth
Sa Mama ‘e su Sole, the Woman of the Sun who punishes truants
Trud, witch who wields the magic of sleep paralysis.

Other legends

Chaluchasu, a mechanical being made of bronze
Erchitu, an iniquitous man turned into an ox at night and back to a man at dawn
Maimone, a rain spirit man trapped in a well in Falciare
Maria Serbatoio, a woman who died saving Santamaria and the woman for whom it is named
Maskinganna, a powerful nightmare spirit who mocks people in their sleep
Mostro di Mostro, serial killer on Fiume Mostro.
Paciugo and Paciuga, a married couple, a sailor and his wife, who saved Ginocchia from invasion, long ago
San Nicola, a legendary regalo who helps Befana bring gifts to children
Thevrumines, a legendary minotaur who built the city of towers