Lucabaza

Female and malign being living in the woods on the mountains around Parma.

Proverb:
la Lucabaza/la g'ha la facia 'd ferr/e la g'ha i dent ad faza. Lucabaza has an iron face and teeth made of beechwood.

Origins:
wanderering at night and flashing lights in front of travellers to make them loose their way, Lucabaza is one of those deformed beings living in a hut in the wood and somehow on the border between the real world and another dimension, belonging to magic tales of most European cultures.