Allison, Author at Infinite Women

Liu Sanjie

A folk tale of the Zhuang people, Sanjie was an incarantion of a lark and started speaking eloquently when she was only one.

Amunet

Amunet is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, whose worship was centred in Thebes through the last dynasty, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, in 30 BC.

Ammit

Known as the “devourer of the dead”, Ammit was a demoness and goddess in ancient Egyptian religion.

Abuk

Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan and the Nuer of South Sudan and Ethiopia, who also call her Buk or Acol.

Lady in White

A White Lady (or Lady in White) is a common type of female ghost, usually dressed in a white dress or similar clothing.

Penanggalan

At night, this vampiric creature detaches its head and organs from its body to hunt humans, appearing as a disembodied head with a long, invisible tongue and exposed, tentacle-like entrails.

The Well of the World’s End

According to the folk tale, a girl’s stepmother gave the girl a sieve, ordering her to not come back without filling it at the Well of the World’s End.

Althaea

Queen of Calydon, who reputedly killed her own son, Meleager, in vengeance for Meleager killing his uncles (her brothers)