Popobawa... loosely based on actual events...
The popobawa has since joined the global pantheon of occult beings, a development fueled by local journalists. popobawa is a swahili name which translates literally as 'bat-wing' (from swahili popo, 'bat', and bawa, 'wing').
The Human Species Ch. 44 - Vicious Intellectual Mewtwo
Lucario grumbled to himself, wishing his past self had posed for the cover of an occult magazine or something to win him a couple of points now.
Sovereign Lion Chp 1
One of my major passions was the occult, i always loved mythology, the concept of magic, and folk lore.
The Hunter: Prolgue ((corrected))
Obviously she didn't trust those rumours, despite the fact that she was an occult student herself. she kinda really believed in the paranormal world ever since she was a little hatchling.
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 31
"ritualized doesn't mean we're dealing with some occult group. just that the perpetrators created a method and each is using it. which is why each death is so similar." zikabar hadn't considered ritual.
Hell on Earth. Chapter 7
Blood was a big deal with occult dealings; blood wasn't given freely. it could be used in some very disturbing ways. if someone had your blood, they had your life essence, your energy and your identity.
A seed of Magick.
She had scoured through countless books about the occult and beyond, gone through numerous rituals and spells, yet today myri believed she would finally have results.
The Pink Moon
There were no trips to the wrath ring for any festivals or any visits to loo loo land, though he had run into the imp once in stylish occult, when he had been taking octavia shopping.
Jack: Rexi and Talon -- 08 'Zackton Silvercane'
Only ... the half-orc had come to the study of occultism late, and from a far different path than the authors and authorities he'd consulted, and what seemed so obvious to them as to need no explication seemed ... far less obvious, to him.
Voodoo to You Too
While the house was decorated in all manner of occult trinkets, woven items and the occasional shriveled up nearly-unrecognizable animal, erica's desire to find a way out of the swamp drove her further in, hunting for a phone, or a
Kink Night - Summoning
He could already hear the response when he called 911 and told the operator that he was calling because after trying some occult magic his boyfriend had a bull between his legs.
Crisis
But he liked collecting weird things too, stuff from the occult, letters of old horror writers, bad slasher films.