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singing an eery song. They prefer to feed only from people
they know.
Katakhana
(Crete) Normal Type III vampire.
Krvopijac
(Bulgaria) Normal Type III vampire.
Krvopijac
(Bulgaria) Normal Type III vampire, allegedly with only one
nostril. It is said that they can be defeated by having a
wizard or priest walk over the vampire's grave, order its soul
into a bottle of blood and then burn the bottle.
Lamia
(Greece) Type IV vampire, although many may be Type V.
Beautiful women, their preferred form is human headed serpent
or reptile.
Langsuir
(Malaysia) Type IV vampire. This is a woman who dies in
childbirth, having been exposed to the virus. She feeds
primarily off of small children.
Lobishomem
(Brazil) Normal Type III vampire.
Lobishumen
(Brazil) Type IV vampire. This vampire looks like a small,
stumpy hunchbacked monkey with a yellow face, bloodless lips,
black teeth, a bushy beard and plush covered feet.
Moslem
(Yugoslavia) Type IV vampires. Vampire snakes.
Mulo
(Serbia) Type IV vampires. These appear as normal people
wearing white clothes, who charm their victims and place them
into boiling pots of water. The term can also refer to evil
spirits in general.
Murohy
(Rumania) Normal Type III vampire.
Nocnitz
Looks like a Hag. They may be a form of Type V, as they are
normally astral in form, manifesting a physical body only to
attack or to feed.
Nosferat
(Rumania) Normal Type III vampire.
Ogoljen
(Bohemia) Normal Type III vampire.
P'O
(Chinese) Fairly normal Type III vampires, but they can't
shape change, and usually remain invisible.
Pamgri
(Hungary) Normal Type III vampire.
Rakshasa
(Northern India) Preferred form is Tiger. Magic-using flesh
eaters. Although relatively normal Type IV vampires, see
description else where.
Stirge
See Strige.
Striges
(Greece) Type IV vampire. These wear the form of birds,a nd
prefer to feed on young children.
Strigoi
(Rumania) See Strige.
Tii
(Polynesia) See Vrykolakas.
Upuir/Upierczi
(Russia, Poland) Normal Type III vampire.
Vapir
(Bulgaria) Normal Type III vampire.
Varcolaco
(Rumenia) See Vrykolakas.
Vilkolak
(Poland) See Vrykolakas.
Vlkodlak
(Serbia) Normal Type III vampire.
Vrykolakas
(Greece) See Vrykolakas above.
Vyestitsa
(Serbia) `Sorceress' Vampires (any type) who are also powerful
wizards. They are accused of eating the hearts of small
children.
`Water-Colts'
(Celtic) These are usually though of as black unicorns. They
may be a form of Type IV, although they are normally
intangible in form, manifesting a physical body only to attack
or to feed.
Wiesczy
(Poland) Normal Type III vampire.
Wurwolaka
(Albania) See Vrykolakas.
