Al
Al (also called Alk in Armenian) is a dwarfish, half-human half-animal evil spirit that preys specifically on pregnant women and newborn infants in Armenian folklore. Described with iron teeth, brass or copper fingernails, fiery eyes, a clay nose, disheveled hair, tusks of a wild boar, and sagging breasts resembling a crone's form, the Al wears a pointed hat covered with small bells and can become invisible. It steals the lungs, liver, and heart of women in childbirth, destroys embryos causing miscarriages, and steals babies up to forty days after delivery, replacing them with imps. After stea