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Caribbean folklore was shaped by a history filled with violence, colonialism, slavery, and multicultural influences. Specifically, influences from African, Creole, Asian, Indigenous American, European, and Indian cultures converged in the Caribbean to create a blend of lore unique to the region. [1] Caribbean folklore has a variety of different ...
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Belief in soucouyants is still preserved to an extent in Guyana, Suriname and some Caribbean islands, including Saint Lucia, Dominica, Haïti and Trinidad. [9] Many Caribbean islands have plays about the soucouyant and many other folklore characters. Some of these include Trinidad, Grenada and Barbados. [citation needed]
View history; General ... Caribbean legendary creatures (1 C, 25 P) T. Taíno mythology (8 P) Pages in category "Caribbean mythology"
Guyana, and various islands—including Antigua and Barbuda in the east, The Bahamas in the north and as far south as Trinidad—have long held a tradition of folklore that includes the jumbee. In the French islands Guadeloupe and Martinique, people speak of Zombi rather than Jumbie to describe ghosts, revenants and other supernatural creatures ...
The folklore of Puerto Rico prominently features the blend of music, dance, religion, spirits, monsters, natural forces and the mystery of the unknown. These are often framed within the context of historical circumstances and the multiculturalism that characterizes a military enclave and trading outpost.
A Caribbean Film Festival, Lusca Fantastic Film Fest, was named after this sea monster; the festival is an annual event held in Puerto Rico. It is the first and only international fantastic film festival in the Caribbean. [3] The survival video game Stranded Deep features an enemy giant squid named Lusca the Great. [4]
Caribbean Folklore: A Handbook. Greenwood Folklore Handbooks. Greenwood. ISBN 9780313336058. Williams, Eric (1993). History of the People of Trinidad & Tobago. A&b Publishers Group. ISBN 9781881316657. Besson, Gerard (2007). Folklore & Legends of Trinidad and Tobago. Paria Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 9789768054470.