The Black Witch is large and flies like a bat. She is considered a harbinger of death in Mexican and Caribbean folklore, but the propagation of this myth across the seas reveals a certain adaptation to local culture… (or whatever you might call it in Texas =)
In Jamaica, this “duppy bat” is the embodiment of a soul not at rest.
In Hawaii, Black Witch mythology has a happier note in that if a loved one has just died, the moth is an embodiment of the person’s soul returning to say goodbye.
On Cat Island, Bahamas, where they are locally known as Money Moths or Moneybats, the legend is that if they land on you, you will come into money, and similarly, in South Texas, if a Black Witch lands above your door and stays there for a while you will supposedly win the lottery.
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