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Africa
Africans profess a wide variety of religious beliefs and statistics on religious affiliation are difficult to come by since they are too sensitive a topic for governments with mixed populations. According to the World Book Encyclopedia, Islam is the largest religion in Africa, followed by Christianity. However, according to Encyclopædia Britannica, 45% of the population are Christians, 40% are Muslims and less than 15% continue to follow traditional African religions. A small number of Africans are Hindu, Baha’i, or have beliefs from the Judaic tradition. Examples of African Jews are the Beta Israel, Lemba peoples and the Abayudaya of Eastern Uganda. There is also a small minority of Africans who are non-religious.[http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Adze
A vampire spirit that dwells in tribal sorcerers amoung the Ewe, a people inhaiting parts of southeastern Ghana and southern Togo in Africa. The Adze files around in the form of a firefly but, if caught, changes into a human. In it’s natural” form it can be seen as a small hunchbacked, often misshapen humanoid, with jet black skin that does not fit it. It drinks blood, palm oil and coconut water and preys on children, especially handsome ones.

[2] Asanbosam
A vampire found in Africa , known among the Ashanti of southern Ghana and by people in areas of the ivory Cost and Togo. The Asanbosam is believed to reside in the deep forest, most often encountered by hunters. It is of general human shape, with two exception: its it’s teeth are made of iron and it’s legs will have hook-like appendages.Anyone walking by the tree in which it resides will be scooped up and killed.

[3] Axeman
A vampire from Surinam that actually appears in the form of a bat. Invariably a woman, the Axeman appears perfectly normal during the day, but after the dark she changes into a bat In this form, she flies around the village seeking her prey.Once she finds a sleeper whose foot is exposed, she carefully scrapes away a fragment of flesh from the big toe until blood trickle.She will then feed till she is engorged before returning home. Her victim will awaken feeling drained and weak. to prevent an Axeman from entering one’s hut, simply prop a broom across the door.

[4] Impundulu
A Vampiric servant of a witch found in the Eastern Cape region of Africa. It was usually passed down from mother to daughter and was used to inflict suffering on ones enemies. It was said to have an insatiable appetite and had continuously feed, it also use to take the form of a handsome man and become a lover to a mistress.

[5] Lamia
A Libyan vampire. According to legend Lamia was a Queen of Libya and all of her children were slain by the goddess Hers, and who in revenge still roams the earth feeding on infants. She is also said to entice men into sex and then devours them in a gruesome fashion.

[6] Obayifo
A living vampire found among the Ashanti people of the Gold Coast in Africa. It is said to be a male or female human, which leaves its human body at night and feeds. Said to be particularly fond of young children, it can also cause blight in crops. Hunts in spirit fire form.

[7] Otgiruru
Has the appearance of a dog and it’s victims are those that answer it’s call. Owenga/Oweng/Ovengua.

[8] Ramanga
A living vampire found in Madagascar.A servant of the elders the Ramanga would consume the nail clippings ans spilled blood of a noble member of the tribe.

[9] Sekahta
Had books for feet and became a vampire by sucking the thumb of a sleeping person. Also to be the reincarnation of evil sorcerers. Sekehta-An Egyptian goddess most known foe her vengeance on the people of Egypt. An Egyptian goddess most known for her vengeance on the people of Egypt. An Egyptian goddess most known for vengeance on the people of Egypt. It is written in the book of Set that the gods grew angry with Egyptian people and it’s government because they were worshiping their country’s kings and queens rather then the gods then selves. The gods grew very angry and upset with the Egyptian people and cast down their vengeance upon them by sending down Sekeht, after the people seen the death and chaos the gods have caused they realized there wrongs.”She walked under the stars ripping out mens hearts and feasting upon there life giving blood under the pale moon light:-Book of Set.

Australia
a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Talamaur
A living vampire found in Australia. This creature could communicate with the spirit world, making one of these spirits its servant, which it could then send among the living. One version of the Talamaur could send out it’s soul to drain the remaining life essence from a fresh corpse.

[2] Yaramayhawho
A beast-like create from Aboriginal myth who lived in the fig and attacked anyone who passed or slept under their tree. The creature would drink the victims blood, but not enough to kill it. Sometimes it ate the victim whole and spat them back out out later. The more someone got attacked the more like the creature it became til eventually it totally transformed.

China
People’s Republic of China , Communist China , Red China a republic in E Asia: the third largest and the most populous country in the world; the oldest continuing civilization (beginning over 2000 years bc ); republic established in 1911 after the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty by Sun Yat-sen; People’s Republic formed in 1949; the 1980s and 1990s saw economic liberalization but a rejection of political reform; contains vast deserts, steppes, great mountain ranges (Himalayas, Kunlun, Tian Shan, and Nan Shan), a central rugged plateau, and intensively cultivated E plains. Language: Chinese in various dialects, the chief of which is Mandarin. Religion: nonreligious majority; Buddhist and Taoist minorities. Currency: yuan. Capital: Beijing [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Ch’ing Shih
A Chinese vampire that is caused by a cat jumping over the corpse. In their material form, these vampires have a livid appearance. Their immaterial form is a glowing sphere of light, much like a will-o-the-wisp. They may kill with poisonous breath as well a draining the blood of their victim. They also devour their victims. If a Chi’ing Shih encounters a pile of rice it must count the grains before it can pass. Normal weapons or sunlight can harm or destroy these vampires.

Hsihsuekuei | Kuang-shi | K’uei
A Chinese vampire caused caused by the demonic possession of a recently deceased corpse. Said to have a terrifying appearance, as it matures it gains new skills with the older among then rumored to have the ability to fly.

Eastern Europe
The second smallest continent, forming the W extension of Eurasia: the border with Asia runs from the Urals to the Caspian and the Black Sea. The coastline is generally extremely indented and there are several peninsulas (notably Scandinavia, Italy, and Iberia) and offshore islands (including the British Isles and Iceland). It contains a series of great mountain systems in the south (Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, Caucasus), a large central plain, and a N region of lakes and mountains in Scandinavia. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Avarcolac
[Romania | Armenia] Dakhanavar An inhab intant of the valley near Mount Ararat that sucked the blood form the feet of Travelers. One night he came upon two travelers tried to hide their feet under each others heads. He thought they were a two headed monster and was never seen again.

Farkaskoldus
[Hungary] A vampire that assumes the aspect of a werewolf upon death. Kosac.

Kozlak
[Croatia] A Dalmatian vampire about whom very little is known. Prevalent among Croat beliefs drinks their blood and eats their hearts. They came together to form covens which flocked in trees and shared what they caught earlier.

Ohyn
A vampire from Poland, caused by the presence of teeth and a claws at birth.

Upier
A Polish vampire that is unusual in the fact it rises at mid day and returns to sleep at midnight. It is said to have a barbed tongue and consumes vast quantities of blood. This creature’s fascination with blood goes much further than normal vampires as it sleeps in blood as well.

Viesczy | Vjiesce
Can be dispatched by sprinkling poppy seeds over their grave. They have a stinger under their tongue instead of fangs.

Volkodlak | Vukodlak
A species of vampire found in Slovenia, linked in someways to various werewolf legends.

Zmeu
A vampiric figure found in Moldavia. It took the form of a flame and entered the room of a young girl or widow. Once inside the flame became a man who seduced her.

Krvopijac
From Bulgaria, these creatures have the appearance of a normal vampire, except they have only one nostril. Instead of fangs, they have either pointed tongue or a barb at the end of their tongue. To destroy these vampires, one must immobilize them by placing wild roses around and grave. Then find a magician. The magician can destroy the vampire by ordering its spirit into a bottle, which is thrown into a fire.

Kukuthi | Kukudhi | Lugat
A form of Albanian vampire said to be reasonably harmless, only feeding briefly on its victims, not actually killing them. Must return to its grave until it reaches maturity at thirty years and may travel as a merchant at this time. Some northern Albanian tribes believe this vampire can only be destroyed by a wolf.

Lampir
Bosnian the Vampire. Often in association with severe epidemics.

Liderc Nadaly
[Hungary] It is similar to the vampire but differs in the way it must be put down.It can be killed by driving a nail through it’s temple. To become a Lampir one must eat the flesh of an executed human. Lupi.

Manari Mara
A slavic vampire also found in the legends of the Kashube people of Canada. Said to be the spirit of an un-baptized dead girl, she is considered to be a terrible night visitor who crushes and oppresses her victims. In the Slavic legend once the Mara drinks the blood of a man she will fall victims. In the Slavic legend once the Mara drinks the blood of a man she will fall in love with him and will return to plague his slumbers till his death. She is also said to be fond of feeding on the blood of children.

Mjertovjec
[Belurus] It has a purple face, active from midnight until three cock calls in the morning. It will follow a trail of poppy seeds back to it’s tomb. This type of vampire is the result of the death of a witch, vampire or apostate. Or is the son of any of these listed above.

Moroii
A living Romanian vampire, It can be either male or female, and exhibits most of the characteristics of a Strigoii.

Mulo | Mullo
From Serbia, these vampires normally appear as people wearing white clothes. They are active by day and by night. They can assume the shapes of horses or sheep. They eat their victims and drink their blood. These creatures can be destroyed by cutting off their toes or by driving a nail through their neck.

Muroni
A kind of vampire found in the Wallachia region or Romania. It is said to have the ability to change itself into a variety of different animal forms. While in one these incarnations the Muroni can kill easily, with misleading signs of attack being left.

Nelapsi
A slovak vampire, which can cause serious harm to the living. The Nelapsi is said to be able to massacre entire villages in a single visit. It also has the ability to kill with a single glance.

Nosferatu
A Romanian species of vampire said to be the illegitimate child of parents who were illegitimate. Soon after its burial the Nosferatu embarks on a long career of destruction. It delights in tormenting and engaging in wild orgies with the living. The male can father children. The vampire hates newly married couples due to its own illegitimacy and wreaks its revenge on such couples by making the groom impotent and the bride barren.

Ogolen
A Bohemian vampire that only appears in January and is equipped with mortal breath.

Olgolgen
[Czech Republic] This vampire roams. To dispatch it you must bury it at a crossroads. Said to carry dirt from it’s navel. Another myth associated with this vampire is naked except for it’s death shroud and to stop it you must take the shroud.

Pijavica
A Slovenian vampire. It is created as a result of evils perpetrated during a person’s mortal life, particularly incest, which is guaranteed to cause ones, return as a member of the un-dead. It generally feeds on relatives or descendants.

Sampiro | Liugat
Albanians of Turkish descent were said turn into a vampires upon death. They were driven to go out at night in a shroud and high heel shoes to spread death and destruction. Stake through the heart is the preffered method of dispatchment.

Sriz
Goes to the top of the highest church steeple and called out the names of the villagers. All the persons whose names were called that night will become a victim.

Strigoii
The infamous Romanian dead vampire. There numerous ways to become a Strigoii, including being a seventh son and suicide. Generally said to be friendly towards Gypsies.

Tenatz
[Montenegro] Spirits that took over the bodies of deceased persons and went out to suck blood. They changes into mice to enter end exit their grave sites.

Tenjac
[Croatia] Ubour: A Bulgarian vampire, created when a person dies violently or the spirit refuses to leave the body. The corpse remains buries for forty days and then arises to cause mischief. It generally won’t drink blood until it’s other sources of nourishment are gone, and as these include regular food the attacking of humans rarely occurs. The Ubour is said to create sparks by its movement.

Upir
A vampire found in the Ukraine that is noted for its desire to eat large amounts of fish.

Ustrel
A Bulgarian vampire that preyed exclusively on cattle. Thought to be the spirit of an un-baptized child that has recently died.

Utlunta
From Cherokee myth, a blood thirsty ogress who can shape change and has rock hard skin. Her native form is that of an old woman. She has a long hard forefinger made of bone in the shape of an awl.

Varacolaci | Varcolaci | Varcolac
Romanian vampire that ranks among the most powerful of all the un-dead. It is said tohave the ability to cause both lunar and solar eclipses. They may appear as pale humans with dry skin. They can travel on an astral thread, the midnight spinning, traveling as far as need as long as the thread remains unbroken. They fall into a deep sleep when they cause the eclipses. If the host of the varcoloc spirit is moved., the spirit will not be able to return and the host sleeps eternally.

Vere-Impaja

From Estonia.

Veripard
From Estonia.

Veshtitza
From Montenegro and Serbia and very similar to the Stryx and Striga myths. The spirit leaves the body at night and possesses a hen or black moth. It flies around until it finds a home with infants and /or young children where it spearhead on her right hand. Other names:”Spear-Finger”, “Nun’yunu’i”, or “Stonedress”.

England
United Kingdom See Great Britain the largest division of Great Britain, bordering on Scotland and Wales: unified in the mid-tenth century and conquered by the Normans in 1066; united with Wales in 1536 and Scotland in 1707; monarchy overthrown in 1649 but restored in 1660. Capital: London. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Incubus
[Europe] Without doubt one of the most famous forms of vampires, the male form of the Succubus, the Incubus used to visit women at night, make love to them and torment their dreams. It posses all the characteristic properties of vampire, with nightly visits to its victims, draining of life and strength and extreme sexual desire. Like vampires found among Gypsy and Slavic communities it can father children.

Nachzeher
A vampire found among the Kashubes of northern Europe. This vampire has the ability to kill its relatives by psychic means. While in its grave the vampire will begin to devour its shroud and then pieces of its own flesh. This causes living relatives to begin to waste away.

France
A republic in W Europe, between the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic: the largest country wholly in Europe; became a republic in 1793 after the French Revolution and an empire in 1804 under Napoleon; reverted to a monarchy (1815–48), followed by the Second Republic (1848–52), the Second Empire (1852–70), the Third Republic (1870–1940), and the Fourth and Fifth Republics (1946 and 1958); a member of the European Union. It is generally flat or undulating in the north and west and mountainous in the south and east. Official language: French. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Paris. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Melusine AE
Associated with France and Germany and is listed as a water sprite or spirit. It is either turned into a mermaid or half dragon.

Germany
East Germany See also West Germany German name: Deutschland , Official name: Federal Republic of Germany a country in central Europe: in the Middle Ages the centre of the Holy Roman Empire; dissolved into numerous principalities; united under the leadership of Prussia in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War; became a republic with reduced size in 1919 after being defeated in World War I; under the dictatorship of Hitler from 1933 to 1945; defeated in World War II and divided by the Allied Powers into four zones, which became established as East and West Germany in the late 1940s; reunified in 1990: a member of the European Union. It is flat and low-lying in the north with plateaus and uplands (including the Black Forest and the Bavarian Alps) in the centre and south. Official language: German. Religion: Christianity, Protestant majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Berlin. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Alp
A German vampiric associated with the bogeyman and the Incubus, normally tormenting the nights and dreams of women. The creature’s physical manifestations can be very dangerous. Long connected with the nightmare, the Alp is considered male, sometimes the spirit of a recently deceased relative, and most often an actual demon. Children can become an Alp when a mother uses a horse collar to ease childbirth. During the Middle Ages the Alp was said to appear as a cat, pig, bird or other animal, including a lecherous demon dog scene in Cologne, thus linking the werewolf in with this legend. In all its manifestations the Alp is known to wear a hat. The spirit can fly like a bird, can ride like a horse and is credited with a certain gallant attitude, rarely forcing itself on its prey. The Alp drinks blood from the nipples of men and children but prefers the milk of women. Because it is so involved in terrors of the mind and sleep the Alp is virtually impossible to kill.

Blutsauger
German vampire word that literally translates as “Blood Sucker” or “Blood Auger”. It is almost a generic term for vampire, but can also be used for any blood sucking animal as well[e.g. ticks]

Doppelsauger | Dupplesuger
A German vampire found in northern regions, among the Wends [a slavic race]. The idea was that a child once weaned would become a vampire if s/he should nurse again. On its passing into a vampire the Doppelsauger will eat the fleshy parts of its breast and in so doing will draw out the life’s essence from a living relative.

Neuntoter
A German vampire considered to be a great carrier of plagues and pestilence, traditionally only seen in times of great epidemics. Means “Nine Killer”.

Succubus
A female vampire, a fiend that visits men in their sleep to torment there dreams and engages them in sex. The Succubus could render a victim totally exhausted in its pursuit of carnal pleasure.

Greece
Modern Greek name: Ellás a republic in SE Europe, occupying the S part of the Balkan Peninsula and many islands in the Ionian and Aegean Seas; site of two of Europe’s earliest civilizations (the Minoan and Mycenaean); in the classical era divided into many small independent city-states, the most important being Athens and Sparta; part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires; passed under Turkish rule in the late Middle Ages; became an independent kingdom in 1827; taken over by a military junta (1967–74); the monarchy was abolished in 1973; became a republic in 1975; a member of the European Union. Official language: Greek. Official religion: Eastern (Greek) Orthodox. Currency: euro. Capital: Athens. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Bruculaco
Hard swollen skin and spreads plague.He has a screaming call which is limited to once a night, all that answer it become it’s victims. To kill it you must decapitate it and boil or burn it’s head.

Callicantzaros
According to Greek legend, a child born on Christmas Day will become a Callicantzaros. These vampires often appear in half human/half animal form. They have black skin and red eyes.

Catacano
Spits acid-like blood at the victims to burn them. To sill him you must decapitate it and boil it’s head in vinegar or isolate it behind salt water.

Empusas
A vampiric creature from Greek mythology usually said to be in attendance to the goddess Hecate. They are describes as demons, which can fro time to time take human form. Their most common incarnation seems to have been in the form of a Phoenician woman.

Kathakano
These creatures, which originated in Crete, are similar to original vampires. They can only be destroyed by chopping off their heads and boiling them in vinegar.

Keres
Described as dressed in red with sharp claws,. They execute the commands of the Fates. Seen hovering over battlefields drinking the blood of their victims.

Lamia
[Ancient Greece] Servants of the witch godedss Hecate. Legend states that the first Lamia had an affair with Zeus. When discovered by Hera, she was cursed with an inhuman predatory form with a taste for infants and unable to bear young herself.

Marmo
A vampire from Greek mythology said to be a servant of the goddess Hecate. Considered to be a terrible denizen of the underworld.

Vrykolakos | Vrykolakas
A species of vampire found in the Adriatic and Agean regions. It is created by various means including an immoral life. It travels in the dark and knocks upon doors, calling out the name of someone inside, if the person responds they will die soon after. It gains further powers as it grows older.

Vrykolatios
A vampire species found on the island of Santorini[Greece]known as “Vampire Island”They are described as friends, which banquet, on the living.

[1] Dearg-Due
A dreaded creature of Ireland, whose name means “Red Blood Sucker.” An ancient vampire that dates back to Celtic times, it is still feared. The only way to curb its appetite is to pile stones upon any grave suspected of housing such a beast. The most famous tale of the Dearg-due is the story of a housing such a beast. is the story of a beautiful woman supposedly buried in Waterford, in a small churchyard near Strongbows Tree. Several times a year she rises from her grave, using her stunning appearance to lure man to there doom.

[2]Leanhaum-Shee | Leanhaum-Sidhe
An Irish fairy mistress, not actually a vampire her engaging in vampiric activities. She used her incredible beauty to lure men to her side and then used her charms to place them under her spell. The victim would then waste away his life’s essence through exhaustive lovemaking.

Israel
A republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea: established in 1948, in the former British mandate of Palestine, as a primarily Jewish state; 8 disputes with Arab neighbours (who did not recognize the state of Israel), erupted into full-scale wars in 1948, 1956, 1967 (the Six Day War), and 1973 (the Yom Kippur War). In 1993 Israel agreed to grant autonomous status to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, according to the terms of a peace agreement with the PLO. Official languages: Hebrew and Arabic. Religion: Jewish majority, Muslim and Christian minorities. Currency: shekel. Capital: Jerusalem (international recognition withheld as East Jerusalem was annexed (1967)
2. a. the ancient kingdom of the 12 Hebrew tribes at the SE end of the Mediterranean
b. the kingdom in the N part of this region formed by the ten northern tribes of Israel in the 10th century bc and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 bc
3. informal the Jewish community throughout the world [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Alukah
A type of succubi and vampire that was derived from Babylonian demonology.

Estrie
A Hebrew spirit, always female and invariably assuming the shape of a vampire. The Estrie is considered to be an incorporeal spirit of evil that has the form of flesh and blood, and lives among humanity to satisfy its need for blood. Its favorite prey is said to be children, although no one is considered safe when it needs to feed.

Motetz Dam
Hebrew term for vampire translated as “Blood Sucker.”

Italia

a republic in S Europe, occupying a peninsula in the Mediterranean between the Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic Seas, with the islands of Sardinia and Sicily to the west: first united under the Romans but became fragmented into numerous political units in the Middle Ages; united kingdom proclaimed in 1861; under the dictatorship of Mussolini (1922–43); became a republic in 1946; a member of the European Union. It is generally mountainous, with the Alps in the north and the Apennines running the length of the peninsula. Official language: Italian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Rome. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Larvae | Lamiae | Lemures

[Roman] Other names for Lamia Stregoni Benefici: An Italian vampire said to be on the side of goodness, and a mortal enemy of all vampires.

Sanguisuga
Latin for Blood Sucker.

Strix
[Ancient Rome] Portrayed as witches as well as vampires. Mortal who gained vampiric powers through the black arts. Shapeshifter in to a bloodsucking bird of vague description.

Japan
Nippon , Japanese names: Nihon an archipelago and empire in E Asia, extending for 3200 km (2000 miles) between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific and consisting of the main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and over 3000 smaller islands: feudalism abolished in 1871, followed by industrialization and expansion of territories, esp during World Wars I and II, when most of SE Asia came under Japanese control; dogma of the emperor’s divinity abolished in 1946 under a new democratic constitution; rapid economic growth has made Japan the most industrialized nation in the Far East. Official language: Japanese. Religion: Shintoist majority, large Buddhist minority. Currency: yen. Capital: Tokyo.[http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Gaki
Whaling corpses who thirst for blood. They have traditional pale skin, hollow features and lack of body temperature. The have spectacular shapeshifting abilities and can change into not only animals, but also look like other humans. They can even impersonate a living person.

[2] Hannya
Usually female. A Hannya was once a truly beautiful woman that became insane and then possessed by a demon. She was transformed into a hideous creature that drank blood and ate children.

[3] Kappa
A human shaped create grotesque in appearance with a dent in it’s head to hold water. To defeat it you must spill all the water out, which will cause it to loose it’s powers. The Kappa dwelt in water, often ponds and attacked livestock by dragging them into the water and devouring them.

[4] Kasha
A Japanese vampire that feeds by removing corpses from graves or prior to cremation and devouring them. There are also tales of Vampire cats in Japan.

Malaysia
A federation in SE Asia (within the Commonwealth), consisting of Peninsular Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula, and East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), occupying the N part of the island of Borneo: formed in 1963 as a federation of Malaya, Sarawak, Sabah, and Singapore (the latter seceded in 1965); densely forested and mostly mountainous. Official language: Malay; English and various Chinese and Indian minority languages are also spoken. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: ringgit. Capital: Putrajaya (the transfer of government from Kuala Lumpur is taking place in stages over several years starting 1999).[http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Bajang
A Malaysian vampire assumed to be male, appearing as a cat normally threatening children. The Bajang can be enslaved and turned into a demon servant and is often handed down from one generation

[2] Langsuir
A Malaysian vampire said always to take the form of a beautiful woman. A woman can become such a creature if she dies in childbirth. She is said to have extremely long nails, dress in green robes and have black hair, which hangs down to her ankles. She generally feeds on the blood of children.

[3] Maneden
Lived in the wild pandanus plant. If the plant got attacked the creature would attach itself to a man’s brow or a woman’s nipple and such it’s blood until it had given a nut or some other substitute.

[4] Pelesit
A Malaysian spirit vampire. It invades a person’s body, causing illness and death. Victims will rant and rave while under its possession.

[5] Penanggalan

A Malaysian vampire, which flies at night with only the head and neck of its body complete and with its intestines dangling beneath them. The creature is always female and generally feeds on children or women in labor.

[6] Polong
A vampiric imp from Malaysia, created by bottling the blood of a murdered man and performing certain archaic rituals over the bottle, a bond is made between the creator of the Polong and itself by allowing it to feed briefly each day on a finger. It is closely associated with Pelesit Pontiannak:Related to the Langsoir in that when the mother dies in childbirth it becomes a Langsoir. If the child is stillborn it becomes a Pontiannak. it has the ability to turn into a screech owl.

America | American Natives
of or pertaining to the aboriginal Indians of North and South America, usually excluding the Eskimos, regarded as being of Asian ancestry and marked generally by reddish to brownish skin, black hair, dark eyes, and prominent cheekbones.[http://dictionary.reference.com/]

Fifollet
Originated from the French word Feu-follet meaning Will-O-Wisp. It was the spirit of an unbaptized child that played mischievious pranks. In Louisiana it was combined with the Incubus/Sucubus mythology and took on Vampiric qualities.

Jumlin
Deeply rooted in the religious lore and Shamanism of the Lakota Sioux, Cherokee and Black Foot Nations. A medicine man who called forth an evil spirit to help his barren wife conceive. Upon entering this realm the spirit, which feed off the blood of the living possessed Jumlin, the medicine man, he was very cruel and killed all the men in the tribe. When his wife bore child, he took his son and fled. Soon they created more like themselves and still walk the earth today.

Kwakiutl | Kwakiytl
A native American peoples from British Colombia that practiced Cannibalism in it’s higher ranks of society. They ate their slaves by tearing them asunder and were the most powerful of secret societies. The Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands practiced similar rites.

Phillipines

( functioning as singular ) Republic of the Philippines a republic in SE Asia, occupying an archipelago of about 7100 islands (including Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, and Negros): became a Spanish colony in 1571 but ceded to the US in 1898 after the Spanish-American War; gained independence in 1946. The islands are generally mountainous and volcanic. Official languages: Filipino, based on Tagalog, and English. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Manila. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Aswang

A vampire from the Philippines believed to be a beautiful female by day and a fearsome flying fiend by night. The Aswang can live a normal life during daylight hours. At night however the creature is led to the houses of its victims by night birds. Its nourishment is always blood, and it prefers to feed on children. The creature is recognized by its swollen form after feeding, it looks almost pregnant. If the Aswang licks a persons shadow it is believed that the person will die soon afterwards.

[2] Bebarlangs
A tribe found in the Philippines that had members that practiced a form of psychic vampirism. They apparently sent out their astral bodies and fed on the life forces and vitality of individuals.

[3] Danag
A Filipino vampire held to be very ancient as a species, responsible for having planted taro on the islands long ago. The Danag worked with humans for many years but the partnership ended one day when a woman cut her finger and a Danag sucked her wound, enjoyed the taste so much that it drained her body completely of blood.

Portugal
A republic in SW Europe, on the Atlantic: became an independent monarchy in 1139 and expelled the Moors in 1249 after more than four centuries of Muslim rule; became a republic in 1910; under the dictatorship of Salazar from 1932 until 1968, when he was succeeded by Dr Caetano, who was overthrown by a junta in 1974; constitutional government restored in 1976. Portugal is a member of the European Union. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Lisbon. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Bruxsa
A female vampire from Portugal. The Bruxsa is normally transformed into vampiric form by witchcraft. She leaves her home at night in the form of a bird and her most frequent activity is tormenting weary travels. She is said to appear as a beautiful maiden and leads a normal human life by day, bearing children, which in general become her regular form of food. She is said to be impossible to kill.

Russia
The largest country in the world, covering N Eurasia and bordering on the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas: originating from the principality of Muscovy in the 17th century, it expanded to become the Russian Empire; the Tsar was overthrown in 1917 and the Communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was created; this merged with neighbouring Soviet Republics in 1922 to form the Soviet Union; on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Russian Federation was established as an independent state. Official language: Russian. Religion: nonreligious and Russian orthodox Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Moscow. 2. Another name for the Russian Empire 3. Another name for the former Soviet Union
4. Another name for the former Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Eretica | Erestun | Eretik
A Russian vampire usually considered to be a heretic who has returned from the dead. It was in general said to a woman who sold her soul in life and then returns in the form of a ragged old woman. At nightfall a group of Ereticy would gather in ravines and perform a form of sabbat. Said to be active only in spring and death. Siberian Vampire from Russia, these are celestial vampires that needed human blood to warm and sustain them. It was believed they lurked high up in the sky, among the stars, waiting for cold, clear nights at which time they would fall to earth as meteors. They would then drink from the veins of slumbering nomads. These vampires were terrified of wakeful humans. The sight of vigilant humans watching the night sky was enough to shake them off course, sending them plummeting harmlessly to earth somewhere beyond the horizon.

[2] Ubour | Upior| Upyr| Upi
A Russian vampire considered to be extremely vicious. It will first attack children and then continue on to kill the parents. As with the Upier the Upyr rises during the day and sleeps at night, and in doing so has a fairly human appearance.

[3] Vourdalak
A Russian vampire, considered in Russian folklore to be a beautiful but evil woman.

Scotland
A country that is part of the United Kingdom, occupying the north of Great Britain: the English and Scottish thrones were united under one monarch in 1603 and the parliaments in 1707: a separate Scottish parliament was established in 1999. Scotland consists of the Highlands in the north, the central Lowlands, and hilly uplands in the south; has a deeply indented coastline, about 800 offshore islands (mostly in the west), and many lochs. Capital: Edinburgh. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Baobhansith
A Scottish vampire that normally disguised itself as a beautiful maiden and lured its victims to there deaths. In fairy lore the Baobhan-Sith usually appeared dressed in green.

South America
The fourth largest of the continents, bordering on the Caribbean in the north, the Pacific in the west, and the Atlantic in the east and joined to Central America by the Isthmus of Panama. It is dominated by the Andes Mountains, which extend over 7250 km (4500 miles) and include many volcanoes; ranges from dense tropical jungle, desert, and temperate plains to the cold wet windswept region of Tierra del Fuego. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Asema
A vampiric old man or woman of South America that traveled as a ball of light to attack people while they slept.

[2] Jaracacas
A Brazilian vampire, believed to appear in the form of a snake, it feeds on the breast of a woman, doing this by pushing this child out of the way and silencing the child by pushing its tail into child’s mouth.

[3] Lobishomen
A Brazilian vampire that preys mainly on women. It does not actually kill its victims preferring instead to draw small amounts to blood. After it attack the woman begins to display nymphomaniac tendencies.

[4] Pishtaco
A vampire from Peru that feeds off of fat first then goes for your blood.

[5] Pumapmicuc | Canchus
[Peru] A devil worshipper that sucks the blood from the young while they sleep

[6] Aztec | Mayan
a member of a Mexican Indian people who established a great empire, centred on the valley of Mexico, that was overthrown by Cortés and his followers in the early 16th century 2. See also Nahuatl the language of the Aztecs.

[7] Camazotz
A man bat with a sharp nose and is linked with the planting of corn in Mayan culture.

[8] Cihuacoatl
[Snake Woman] Represented the hunger of the gods for human victims.[Also known as the virgin of Guadalupe, La Llorona]

[9] Cihuateteo
Still born child or a mother who died in childbirth who attacks and paralyses babies. It has white on its hands, feet and face and flies. They die if caught in sunlight. They are one of four chihuapipiltin[princesses] who accompany the Aztec goddess Tlalteuctli. The others are the coatlicue, cihuacoatl and itzpapalotl. This legend is similar to those of the Laimia and the Langsuyar.

[10] Civatateo
A witch-vampire found amoung the Aztecs. Said to be a servant of various moon deities, and assumed to be noble women who died in childbirth. Children were there favorite victims, dying soon after attack of a wasting disease. These vampires were said to appear with white faces, there hands covered in white chalk, and with crossbones drawn on there clothing. The young ones are known ads Civapipiltin. They maybe seen riding in groups on storm wind above crossroads or one of their shrines.

[11] Coatlicue
[Serpent Skirt] Depicted as wearing a skirt of live snakes, and a necklace of human hearts with a skull pendant. They are one of four chihuapipiltin [princesses] who accompany the Aztec goddess Tlalteuctli. The others are the cihuateteo, cihuacoatl and itzpapaloti.

[12] Itzapaplaotl
[Obsidian Knife Butterfly] Not as vampiric as the others. She is shown as the personification of the ritual knife.

[13] Mictecacuatl
[Lord of Mictlampa] Mictlampa is the Place of Dead in Mexican mythology. Its Lord has a very black body with a skull in the place of a head. Accompanied by his wife, the Lady of the Mictlampa, mictecaciuatl.

[14] Tlaciques
Vampiric witches found among the Nahuatl Indians of Mexico. They can can turn into a ball of flame or into a turkey, in which form they can feed unnoticed.

[15] Tlacteulty
A terror producing figure that was always depicted as a huge toad.

[16] Tlahuelpuchi
A mixture of Tlalteuctli and Spanish witches – this vampire could transform itself into several different animal types[ usually leaving its legs behind] and attacked infants, and rarely adults or children. always female – the curse begins with menses and is a source of great shame to all her family.

Spain
España a kingdom of SW Europe, occupying the Iberian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: a leading European power in the 16th century, with many overseas possessions, esp in the New World; became a republic in 1931; under the fascist dictatorship of Franco following the Civil War (1936–39) until his death in 1975; a member of the European Union. It consists chiefly of a central plateau (the Meseta), with the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains in the north and the Sierra Nevada in the south. Official language: Castilian Spanish, with Catalan, Galician, and Basque official regional languages. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Brujas
Vampire sorcerers possibly stemming from fear of the practitioners of the Brujeria religion.

[2] Trazgos
Vampire goblins The Trazgos feed on human blood. Animalitos “it’s a little creature, about 4 inches high, black with soft arms and legs. It has the head of a lizard and the mouth of a dog.It likes to drick human blood and some wizards use it to use it to cure their patients. Yet if the patient is cured the Animalito goes on goes feeding on the blood of its victim and finally takes the victim’s soul to Hell.

Tibet
Xizang Autonomous Region , Chinese names: Sitsang an autonomous region of SW China; formerly a theocracy and the centre of Lamaism: Europeans strictly excluded in the 19th century; invaded by China in 1950; rebellion (1959) against Chinese rule suppressed and the Dalai Lama fled to India; military rule imposed (1989–90) after continued demands for independence; consists largely of a vast high plateau between the Himalayas and Kunlun Mountains. Capital: Lhasa.[http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Khandro
Spirit of war similar to the Arabic ghul. A”wordly dakini”

[2] Gnod Sbyi
Genius vampires that cause disease and require blood sacrifices.

[3] Ro-lang
Drinkers of blood or robbers of vital breath. Haunt cremation grounds.

[4] Srin-Po
Demon vampires that assume the shape of a man.

West Indies
Also called: the Caribbean an archipelago off Central America, extending over 2400 km (1500 miles) in an arc from the peninsula of Florida to Venezuela, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean: consists of the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas; largest island is Cuba. [http://dictionary.reference.com/]

[1] Loogaroo
A West Indian vampire said to go to a “Devil Tree” [a silk cotton tree] Each night and remove its skin. It then flies off in search of its victims, in the form of a sulfurous ball. Often an old witch who has sold here self to the darkness in exchange for vampiric powers.Traditionally have a hag-like appearance. Can turn into a grey swine also.

[2] Soucouyant
The soucouyant that lives by day as an old woman at the end of the village. By night, however, she strips off her wrinkled skin, puts it in a mortar, and flies in the shape of a fireball through the darkness, looking for a victim. Still in the shape of a fireball, the soucouyant enters the home of her victim through the keyhole or any crack or crevice. Soucouyants suck the blood of people from their arms, legs and other soft parts while they sleep. If the soucouyant draws out too much blood from her victim, it is believed that the victim will die and become a soucouyant herself, or else perish entirely, leaving her killer to assume her skin. The soucouyant practices witchcraft, voodoo, and black magic. Soucouyants trade the blood of their victims for evil powers with Bazil the demon who resides in the silk cotton tree.[4] To expose a soucouyant, one should heap rice around the house or at the village cross roads as the creature will be obligated to gather every grain, grain by grain (an almost impossible task to do before dawn) thus being caught in the act. In order to destroy the soucouyant, coarse salt must be placed in the mortar containing the soucouyant’s skin. She then cannot put the skin back on and will perish. Belief in soucoyants is still preserved to some extent in Trinidad. The skin of the soucouyant is said to be very valuable, as it is used when practicing black magic.