Tokoloshe

The mischievous and often malevolent dwarf-spirit of the shadows, a creature of the night who can be summoned by the bitter to cause havoc in the homes of the unwary. He is the spirit of the "bed on bricks," the hidden threat that moves through the walls and curdles the milk of the cattle. He represents the externalization of human malice and the petty, stinging fears that haunt the edges of the flickering firelight. He is the cautionary tale of the Zulu night, the proof that the spiritual world has its thorns and its shadows.