While the stories about the Vrouw are vast and diverse, a set of commonalities exist regarding the Vrouw cult. Its members are said to be women with an abnormal viciousness that leads them to attack men. They either go naked or wear the skins of their slain husbands. They live and practice either in the depths of the forest or in the lesser maintained areas of cities. It is often said that the Vrouw live “in the dark”, and when a man goes into the dark he risks an encounter with the Vrouw.