Case file · Folklore / legend
Teriel, the Kabyle ogress
Kabyle tales collected by Auguste Mouliéras from 1893 feature the teriel or tamza, a cannibal ogress of the mountains, the North African cousin of the Arabian ghoul.
1893 CE · 36.71, 4.05 · status: legend
The account
She lures travellers and children, can take human form and is often tricked by a clever hero. Storytellers told such tales only at night.