List of vampiric creatures in folklore

List of vampiric creatures in folklore
This list covers the many types of vampires, vampire-like legendary creatures of global folklore or people that were supposedly vampires. It does not include any vampire that originates in a work of fiction.
A
Abchanchu (Bolivia)
Abere (Melanesia)
Abhartach (Ireland)
Adéla (Bohemia)
Adze (Ghana)
Alp (Germany) – Variations throughout the world.
Asiel Torres (Puerto Rico)
Aniukha (Mongolia, China)
Arnold Paole (Serbia)
Asanbosam (Ashanti people)
Asema (Surinam)
Asiman (Ashanti people)
Aswang (Philippines)
Aufhocker (Germany)
Azeman (Ashanti people)
B
Badmaarag (Mongolia)
also called Baadai
Baital (India) – Variations: Baitala, Baitel, Baitol, Bay Valley, Katakhanoso, Vetal, Vetala
Bajang (Malaysia)
Baka (Haitian Vodou) – Variant: Benin
Bantu (India) – There are three main kinds of this vampire including:
Bantu Dodong
Bantu Parl
Bantu Saburo
Baobhan Sith (Highlands of Scotland)
Berbalang (Philippines)
The Berwick Vampire (England)
Bezkost (Slavic)
Bhayangkara (Tibet)
Bhūta (India)
Bibi (the Balkans)
The Blow Vampire (1706 Kadam, Bohemia)
Blutsauger (Germany) – Variant: Blutsäuger
Boo Hag (America)
Boraro – Colombian folklore
Brahmaparush (India)
Breslan Vampire (17th Century Breslau, Poland)
Bruja (Spain and Central America)
Bruxa (Portugal) – Males being called Bruxo
the Buckinghamshire Vampire (1196 Buckinghamshire, England)
Burach Bhadi (Scotland)
C
Cadaver Sanguins – England
Cãoera - Brazil and Guyana
Callicantzaro – Greece
Camazotz – Maya Mythology
Canchus – Peru also spelled:
Pumapmicuc
Capelobo – Brazilian mythology
Catacano – Crete
also spelled Kathakano
Cihuateteo – Aztec Mythology
Chedipe – India
Children of Judas – Bulgaria and Serbia
Chonchon – Latin America
Chordewa – Bengal
Chupacabra – Originated in Puerto Rico; subsequent reports (some erroneous) in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, The United States of America
Churel – India
also spelled Churail
Cihuacoatl – Aztec
Cihuateteo – Mexico
Croglin Grange, The Vampire of – Cumberland, England
D
Dachnavar – Armenia with the following spelling variations:
Dakhanavar
Dala-Kumara Yaka – Sri Lanka
Danag – Philippines
Danava
Dearg-due (Ireland) (dubious) – variations: Deamhain Fhola, Deamhan Fola, Dearg-Dililat, Dearg-Diulai, Dearg-dul, Dearg Dulai, Derrick-Daily, Headless Coach (“Coach a Bower”), Marbh Bheo (“night walking dead”)
Dhampire (Slovakia) with the following variations in spelling:
Dhampyr
Dhampiresa
Dampyr
Dila – Philippines
Djadadjii – Bulgaria<this is a vampire hunter>
Doppelsauger – Germany also spelled:
Dubblesuger or Dubbelsügger
Draugr – Norse Variations: Aptgangr (“one who walks after death”), Aptrgangr, Barrow Dweller, Gronnskjegg, Haubui, Haugbui (“Sleeper in the Mound”) Has two main versions land and sea.
E
Edimmu – Sumer \ Iraq with the following spelling variation:
Ekimmu
Empusa – Ancient Greece which is also called:
Mormolykiai
Empusas
Eretik – Russia
Estrie – Jewish Tradition
F
Fifollet – United States (Louisiana) also spelled:
Feu Follet
G
Gashadokuro – Japan
Glaistig (Scotland)
Garkain (Australia)
Jure Grando (Croatia) first real person described as a vampire in historical records
Ghoul (Arabic lore) – "The Arabic stories of the ghole spread east and were adopted by the people of the Orient, where it evolved as a type of vampiric spirit called a ghoul." Variants: Alqul (Arabia), Aluga (Bible; Proverbs 30:15), Balbal (Tagbanua, Philippines), Ghoulas (Algeria); Katacan (Sri Lanka).
H
Hannya – Japan
Haubui – Norwegian
Haidam Vampire – Romania (Hungary, before 1918)
The Highgate Vampire – Highgate Cemetery England
Hisi-Hsua-Kuei – China
Hi'ilei – Hawaii
hooh-strah-dooh – Wyandot – North America
Hone-onna- Japan
Hupia – Taíno with the spelling variations:
opia
opi'a
op'a
operi'to
I
Impundulu (South Africa)
plural iimpundulu
also called ishologu
Incubus/Succubus (Medieval Europe)
Inovercy (Russia)
Iso-onna – Japan
J
Jenglot – Indonesian and Malaysian
Jiangshi – China, also under the names of:
Kiang shi
Kuang shi
Chang Kuei
Cương Thi
Jaques Saint Germain - United States, Louisiana
Jigarkhwar – India
also spelled Jigarkhor
Joint-eater – Irish
also called Alp-luachra
Jubokko – Japan
Jure Grando – Croatia
K
K'uei – China
Kalu-Kumara Yaka – Sri Lanka
Kappa 河童 – Japan with the following spelling variations:
Gataro 川太郎
Kawako 川子
Kasha – Japan
Kathakano – Crete
Kichkandi – Nepal
Kephn – Burma
Kranokolaptes - Greece
Kravopiec – Bulgarian
Kudlak – Czechoslovakia
Kumiho – Korea
Kuntilanak - Indonesia
Kukudhi – Albania
Kyuuketsuki 吸血鬼 – Japan
karalanos – Egypt
Katalina Bergeta - Norway
L
Laistrygones – Ancient Greece, also under the names of:
Laestrygones
Laistrygonians
Laestrygonians
La Llorona – Central America and the United States
Lamashtu – Mesopotamia
Lamia – Libya
Lampire – Bosnia
Langsuir – Malaysia, also under the names of:
Langsuyar
Pontianak
Kuntilanak
Leanashe – Ireland (dubious)
Lemures – Ancient Rome
Leyak – Indonesia
Liebava – Moravia
Lidérc – Hungary
Lilith לִּילִית – Sumer \ Iraq, with another name of:
Lilitu
Loango – Ashanti and Asanbosam people, Africa
Lobisomem – South America\Brazil
Loogaroo – Caribbean Islands \ Mauritius
Lugat – Albania, also under the name of:
Liogat
Kukuthi
M
Mamba Mutu - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Manananggal – Philippines also spelled:
Tanggal
Mandurugo – Philippines
Mara – Slavonic also spelled:
Mora
Mati-Anak – Malaysia also spelled:
Pontianak
The Melrose Vampire – Melrose Abby, Scotland
Melusine – France
The Mikonos Vampire – Greece 1702
Mmbyu – India also spelled or an early form of:
Pocu Pati
Moroi - Romania
Mosquito Man - Native American, Pacific
Northwest
Moskitto - North America
Mullo – Romani the plural being Mulé, with the following spelling variation:
Mullo
Muroni – Romania
Mjertovjec – Belarus
Meçkey/Meçik – Turkic peoples
N
Nachzehrer – Germany with the following possible spelling variations:
Neuntöter
Nachtöter
Nelapsi – Slovakia
Nora – Hungary
Nukekubi – Japan
Nure-onna – Japan
O
Obayifo – Ashanti
Obur – Bulgaria
Ohyn – Poland
Ol' Higue – Jamaica
Opyrb – Slavic with the following spelling variation:
Opirb
P
Pacu Pati – India
Palis - Iran
Papinijuwari – Australia
Pelesit – Malaysia
Penanggal – Malaysia
Petar Blagojevich – Serbia
Peuchen – Chile
Pricolici - Romania
Pichal Peri – India
Pichas – Nepal
Pishtaco – South America, Peru
Pontianak – Malaysia
R
Rakshasa – India
Raktha pisachi – India
Ramanga – Madagascar
Revenants – England
Richmond Vampire – Richmond, Virginia, USA
Riri Yaka – Sri Lanka
Ruza Vlajna – Serbia
S
Sava Savanović – Serbia
Sekhmet - Egypt
Shtriga – Albania
Sigbin – Philippines
Snallygaster - America
Soucouyant – Trinidadian Guadeloupean it has the spelling variation:
Soucriant
Stregoni benefici – Italy
Strigoi – Romania with the following variations:
Strigoaica
Moroi
Strix – Ancient Rome with the following spelling variations:
Striga
Stirge
Strige
Strzyga – Slavic
Suangi – New Guinea
Sukuyan – Caribbean
Succubus – Judeo-Christian
Sybaris – Greece
T
Talamaur – Australia
Thayé – Burma with the spelling variation:
Tasei
Tlahuelpuchi – Mexico with the following spelling variation:
Tlaciques
U
Ubour – Bulgaria
Upiór – Poland
Upír – Slovakia
Upir – Ukraine though could be linked to:
Upyr – Russia
Uruku – Mesopotamia
Ustrel – Bulgaria
Utukku – Iraq
V
Vampire pumpkins and watermelons (Balkan)
vampiros (Brazil and Portugal)
Vapir (Bulgaria)
Vârcolac (Romania) – variations: Pricolici and Varcolaci
Vǎrkolak (Bulgaria)
Vendalla (Ethiopia)
Vetalas (India)
Vhlk'h dlaka (Greece)
Vipir
Vjesci (Poland)
Opji
Wupji
Vampir (Serbia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Croatia)
Vlkodlak (Siberia) – Variants: Volkodlak, Volkoslak
Vrykolakas βρυκόλακας (Greece) – variation: Vorvolakas
Vrykolatios (Santorini)
W
Wak Wak (Philippines)
Wampir (Poland)
Wurdulac (Russia) has a spelling variation:
Verdilak
X
Y
Yama – Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia
Yara-ma-yha-who – Australia
Yaka – Sri Lanka
Yaksha – Sri Lanka, India
Yuki-onna - Japan
Z
Zaloznye Pokojniki – Russia
Zburător - Romania
Zorfabio – New Zealand
Zaolas – Brazil
See also
Dhampir
List of dhampirs
List of vampires
References
Bibliography
Spence, Lewis (1960) An Encyclopaedia of Occultism University Books Inc. New Hyde Park, New York
The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63
Mysteries of Mind Space and Time, The Unexplained series 1992 Orbis Publishing Limited, Westport, Connecticut, po. 150–151
A World of Vampires, documentary special, from the Two-Disk Special Edition Lost Boys DVD
The Vampire Book by J. Gordon Melton
The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson
Vampire Universe by Johnathan Maberry
Vampires by Leonard R. N. Ashley
folklore and mythology
vampires