Browse Category

Caribbean Folktales

Parchment-style illustration of fishermen near a blue hole facing the Lusca, Bahamian folktale scene.

The Lusca of the Blue Holes: Bahamian Folktale

Along the pine-lined shores and coral flats of Andros Island in the Bahamas, the sea is both provider and judge. Its surface may shimmer in calm beauty, but beneath it lie the blue holes, vast underwater caves so dark and deep that even the most seasoned fishermen treat them with caution. From these depths comes one of Andros Island’s most
Parchment-style illustration of La Diablesse revealing her cloven hoof on a moonlit road in Trinidadian folklore.

La Diablesse: The Devil Woman of Trinidad

On the nights of a full moon in Trinidad, when the scent of night-blooming jasmine hangs heavy in the air, the wise villagers keep close to home and to company. For it is on such nights that La Diablesse walks. She is not a creature of the forest or the
Go toTop