Some of the ghosts, cryptids, gnomes, demons, and other spiritual entities from the folklore/urban legends of the Mediterranean

María Cuchilla is said to be a condemned spirit of a young woman of a humble class who lived in Oviedo , Spain in the 18th or 19th century. She is bloodthirsty and appears at night brandishing a huge bloody knife. Some consider her the Patron saint of unsolved crimes.

Aicha Kandicha (عيشة قنديشة) is a female figure in northern Moroccan folklore. She is typically depicted as a beautiful young woman who has the legs of a hoofed animal such as a goat or camel, she lives near water sources, & is said to seduce local men and then madden/kill them.

A lutin is a type of hobgoblin/elf/sprite in French folklore. Some say they are the spirit of a child. They are known for doing things like scaring farm animals, spoiling milk and taking random items and depositing them in places you would never think to look.

Maria da manta is a being in Portuguese folklore.
She is as a malevolent and frightening sleep entity, a monster with horns and fiery eyes that lives in the rivers, lakes, and wells. According to legends, it attracts children approaching these aquatic places and drowns them.

The Algerian H’awouahoua is a boogeyman-like figure made of chimeric animal parts and flaming spittle for eyes, Algerian parents warned children to behave or the h’awouahoua would steal them away, eat them and use their skin to mend his coat.

Omek tannou is an ancient Tunisian rainmaking ritual which was inherited from Punic & Imazighen traditions involving invocations of the goddess Tanit. It features the ritual use of the sculpted head of a woman, which is carried in procession between the houses during drought.

The kulshedra or kuçedra is a water, storm, fire & chthonic demon in Albanian folklore, usually depicted as a huge multi-headed female serpentine dragon. The kulshedra is said to spit fire, cause drought, storms, flooding, earthquakes and other natural disasters against mankind.

Vrykolakas are vampires from Greece. In folklore, vampirism could occur through various means: being excommunicated, desecrating a religious day, cat jumping over your grave, etc.

Crosses and antidoron (blessed bread) from the church were used as wards in different places.

In the historical folklore of Sicily, Doñas de fuera (Spanish for "Ladies from the Outside"; Sicily was under Spanish rule) were supernatural female beings comparable to fairies. The doñas de fuera would make contact with humans, mostly women, whom they took to Benevento.

In Slavic folklore, the Rusalka is a female entity, often malicious toward mankind and associated with water. Many stories say they are souls of young women who died in a river or lake. They lure men, seduced by either her looks or voice, into the depths, where she drowns them.

Ghoul (Arabic: غول, ghūl) is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid originating in pre-Islamic Arabian religion, associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh. In modern fiction, the term has often been used for a certain kind of undead monster.