Mokoi
Also known as: Evil Spirit
In the Australian outback, a malevolent spirit stalks those who practice sorcery and kills them in their sleep.
Ancient Yolngu oral tradition
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Variable, often invisible
Malicious, targets wrongdoers
Folklore
The Lore
The Mokoi is an evil spirit from the mythology of the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land in northern Australia. Unlike physical cryptids, the Mokoi is considered a spiritual entity that targets sorcerers and wrongdoers, killing them while they sleep. It moves unseen through the bush and is blamed for unexplained deaths. The Mokoi occupies a distinct space in Aboriginal cosmology as a punisher rather than a random predator.
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Folklore Origin
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