The Righteous Judge of the Night (El Justo Juez dela Noche ) is a character from a legend of El Salvador. According to oral tradition, he is a ghost who appears to people walking along rural roads late at night; someone else describes him while mounting a black horse. According to stories, this apparition is an individual who does not have head. There is a column of smoke instead of the head.

Those who have been surprised by the Righteous Judge state to have been advised to go back home, since the ghost affirms that the night belongs only to him. On many occasions, the Righteous Judge punishes any incautious as a reprimand, behaving as an order guard.

The Righteous Judge belongs to folklore of El Salvadorand his origin seems to be at the time of Spanish colonization.

The poet Roque Dalton dedicated this prose to him:

“Dry as a tree annihilated by the matapalo liana, his face shines with the slightly pale ash of the centuries and his red eyes have a fund where the insanity or the death awaits us. However, nobody is more righteous than him and his name comes from this. Only fool, stubborn and obstinate people should fear his damage without having particularly serious reasons...”