Yowie is a public-text figure associated with hairy humanoid reports, bush encounters, local retellings, and later Australian cryptid discourse. In this archive it is treated as a source-grounded narrative category, not as evidence for a real creature.

SPAN

1825–2026

MAPPED

920

SOURCES

9

Spirit-person records describe human-like supernatural presences in public texts. Some entries can sit near culturally sensitive traditions, so the archive treats this profile as a broad public-text category and preserves source context carefully.

SPAN

1842–2022

MAPPED

50

SOURCES

7

Ghost and apparition records gather public accounts of visible human-like presences, haunted places, newspaper anecdotes, and later retellings. The category tracks how these figures circulate in public text rather than verifying supernatural claims.

SPAN

1854–2026

MAPPED

109

SOURCES

22

Devil records collect public references to humanoid demonic or devil-like figures in stories, local legends, belief records, and moralised retellings. The profile is an archive category for comparing sources and periods.

SPAN

1861–1925

MAPPED

15

SOURCES

5

Medicine-man references are handled as public-text records with cultural-care warnings. This profile is a cautious archive label for public records and does not reproduce or reclassify restricted knowledge.

SPAN

1879–1925

MAPPED

3

SOURCES

3

Giant and ogre records group public narratives about oversized humanoid figures, legendary beings, and retold encounters. The archive records where such figures appear in public sources, not whether the narratives are factual events.

SPAN

1861–1927

MAPPED

12

SOURCES

3

Witch is represented here as a public-text figure category. This card summarises how records using or implying this label appear in the archive, including period coverage, mapped share, source context, and regional concentration. It does not verify the underlying supernatural claim.

SPAN

1861–1925

MAPPED

7

SOURCES

3

Supernatural is represented here as a public-text figure category. This card summarises how records using or implying this label appear in the archive, including period coverage, mapped share, source context, and regional concentration. It does not verify the underlying supernatural claim.

SPAN

1854–2021

MAPPED

5

SOURCES

5

Wizard is represented here as a public-text figure category. This card summarises how records using or implying this label appear in the archive, including period coverage, mapped share, source context, and regional concentration. It does not verify the underlying supernatural claim.

SPAN

1842–1925

MAPPED

1

SOURCES

4

Haunted is represented here as a public-text figure category. This card summarises how records using or implying this label appear in the archive, including period coverage, mapped share, source context, and regional concentration. It does not verify the underlying supernatural claim.

SPAN

1872–2026

MAPPED

10

SOURCES

6