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By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.

A vampire-like creature from Ashanti folklore of Ghana that dwells in the deep forests. It has an almost human appearance but with iron teeth and hook-like appendages on its feet. It hangs from trees and uses its hooked feet to snatch unwary travelers passing below, draining their blood.