Lagahoo Trinidad Folklore Characters

Here are 10 common folklore characters and a brief story about them that have circulated the twin islands for years.

Lagahoo trinidad folklore characters. The lagahoo of james christopher aboud s recent when poetry anthology lagahoo poems is an ageless restless wanderer who takes his shape from the wind and has no master except his own hunger and desire. A very tall misty white figure who stands at crossroads and traps those who pass between his legs. In the folklore of trinidad and tobago the lagahoo ligahoo or lugarhou is a mythical shapeshifting monster. It is cousin to the french loup garou and the germanic werewolf yet not restricted to the form of a wolf.

A werewolf is someone who can only change into a wolf during the full moon. In the novel kaya abaniah and the father of the forest by wayne gerard trotman a psychotic shapeshifter from another planet has been impersonating several of trinidad and tobago s folkloric characters including ligahoo. Even our mighty phantoms have found themselves confused with the old mas character from the comic strips araujo 1984 43. However there are some major differences between them.

It seems like a normal human by day but this creature takes on the form of a man with no head who roams the night with a wooden coffin on its neck. The soucouyant mama dglo la diablesse papa bois douen gumbo glisse and the lagahoo or loup garou. The lagahoo is a mystical shape shifting monster similar to loup garou in french folklore and is said to be the trinidadian version of the werewolf. Then there were phantom the headless spectre with extremely long legs that grip his victims in a death squeeze ahye 1983 45.

Lugarhoo lagahoo or loup garou caribbean folklore. Mama glow or mama dlo or mama dglo whose name is derived from the french maman de l eau which means mother of the water is one of the lesser known personalities of trinidad and tobago folklore. The spirit roams the earth in search of her baby and it mourns as loud a woman in labour. Some stories claim that he is an obeah man who sold his soul to the devil for power.

In trinidad the popular folklore characters are. Lagahoo feeds on the blood or liver of any animal or man that crosses his path. Phantom n a folklore character. They are spirits of small stature with sharp teeth and long claws believed to possess magical powers.

Back to sweet t and t. This is a very popular folklore character in trinidad and tobago that is often referred to especially in cases where businesses or persons gain extreme success in a short amount of time. Cousin to the french loup garou and the germanic werewolf the lagahoo is a shape shifter that changes its form to many different things. Though it is usually portrayed as a wolf like man it is not limited to only the form of a wolf and can also alter its size from tiny to very large in an instant.

Mama glow or mama dlo or mama dglo. These folklore stories help shape the unique culture of trinidad and tobago.