Moder, also known as The Creature, is the main antagonist of Adam Nevill's 2011 novel called The Ritual and its 2017 film adaptation. The Ritual" adapted from novel of the same name. It is a demonic Jötunn that inhabits a forest in Northern Sweden and is venerated by an ancient group of cultists. Despite being described as female in the novel, it is described by one of the Swedish cultists, Moder is a "bastard son" of the Norse god Loki and is one of the Jötnar, a race of supernatural beings in Norse mythology. It appears as an enormous, elk-like monster with bright yellow eyes, skeletal head antlers and a pair of human-like hands on its head.
Moder stalks travelers who enters the forest and "marks" the person who has suffered from emotional pain. That person is given a choice; worship Moder or die at its hands. Those who are not marked by it are tortured and sacrificed.
After centuries, Moder has created a cult of worshippers, made up of missing people who hiked through the forest. The cultists who worship it are given eternal life and are protected by Moder from outsiders. As stated before, Moder is a Jötunn who since ancient times, stalked travelers who enters its home at the forest. It chose those who suffered from emotional pain and offered them salvation and eternal life in exchange of worshipping it as they more easier to converted. It can choose potential followers by marking them on the chest with magical means. But for those who not marked, Moder will kill them or have its followers sacrificed them to it. Moder also banned its followers to either harm their elders or let others to do the same thing, as it slaughtered them for poorly guarding Luke who escaped and burn their barely alive elders at the attic of their main cottage.