Diabless (Djablés) (F)

One of the characters in Dominican folktales. A legendary evil figure. Literally, in the French, a she-devil. In most versions she appears as a beautiful young woman, usually to men travelling along isolated forest tracks by moonlight. She can be identified by her feet, one of which is a cloven hoof. She tempts her victim away off into the woods and then turns into a raging old hag who will cause men to go mad or die.

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