Banshee
Quick Detail: Banshee is a wailing spirit from Celtic folklore whose mournful cry is said to warn of death approaching.
Harbor Lexicon
A living collection of strange, spectral, and story-soaked terms from across Skeleton Harbor. Browse by letter or dive into a word to learn more.
Beacon
Quick Detail: Beacon is a guiding light or signal visible from afar, meant to mark direction, warning, or safe passage through darkness.
Category: Light & Guidance
Orgin: Old English
Bewitch
Quick Detail: Bewitch means to enchant or captivate so strongly it feels like a spell, drawing attention with charm, mystery, or unease.
Category: Influence & Enchantment
Orgin: Old English
Black Cat
Quick Detail: Black cat refers to a dark-furred feline long linked with superstition, mystery, and folklore surrounding luck and witchcraft.
Category: Superstitions / Symbols
Orgin: Global
Blood Moon
Quick Detail: Blood moon is a red-tinted full moon seen during a total lunar eclipse, often linked in folklore with omens and supernatural lore.
Category: Celestial Phenomena
Bogeyman
Quick Detail: Bogeyman is a shadowy figure from folklore used to frighten or warn, often imagined lurking in dark places.
Category: Mythic Creatures
Orgin: Global
Boneshade
Quick Detail: Boneshade is a dim, skeletal-looking shadow, often cast by branches or objects in faint moonlight or candlelight.
Category: Atmospheric Terms
Orgin: Modern Literary
Boneyard
Quick Detail: Boneyard is a place where bones gather or are kept, such as a graveyard, fossil bed, or site of scattered remains.
Category: Places & Remains
Orgin: English
Bramble
Quick Detail: Bramble is a thorny shrub or tangled growth of stems that forms dense, often difficult-to-cross thickets.
Category: Nature & Terrain
Orgin: Old English
Brume
Quick Detail: Brume is a thin mist or fog, often near water or at dawn, that softens outlines and blurs distant shapes.
Category: Weather & Atmosphere
Orgin: French