Cayman Islands · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
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Cayman Islands
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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The duppy is a ghost figure in Cayman storytelling. A 1973 newspaper story sets that figure among everyday details such as bikes, a torch and a night out looking for crabs.
Tales in the Atlas
Cayman’s Halloween Duppy
1973 · The Cayman Compass · The Duppy Who Thought Halloween Was All-the-Year Round
Tales found across countries
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