Vampir

==Overview==
The "Vampir" is described under "Vampiir" in the Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology. While Classic: Blood Types lists Vampir, Vampiir, Vampyras, Wampir, and Wamphyr together as "Slavic states vampires" it indicates that Vampyras is in the book but it isn't.
(Vam-PEER)
The traditional European vampire with origins in Latvia, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine. It is the creature from which the English word "Vampire" and the concept of the Gothic Vampire comes from.
Need for Materialization-21 is eliminated by the Materializable Spirit advantage.
==Ecology==
More likely to be peasant than noble, this vampire is a ghastly, bloated corpse neither attractive or horrific in appearance. Generally rising three days after death, this creature will tend to seek out its own family first, strangling or suffocating them in their sleep. Anyone killed by a Vampir will likely rise as a Vampir. Even though it appears physical at night, it is actually an astral entity that must return to its body during the day. If the body is looked at during the day, it will have the ruddy glow of the blood it has consumed rather then the pallor of death, and the body can be bloated with blood leaking from eyes, ears, nose and mouth.
==Ka==
While the Ancient Egyptian concept of the Ka has some similarities to the Vampir strictly speaking, it is not a vampire entity. Not only is it not predatory and does not hunt, it is bound to the location of its tomb. However, if the tomb is disturbed, then the Ka may retaliate. This final aspect has been used to form the Pharaoh's Curse cliche.
==Vampir (Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology)==
(Vam-PEER)
Variation: Penanggalen, Penangllaen, Penanngallau, Pernanggal, Upeer, Vampiir, Vampyras, VRYKOLAKA, Vurkulaka, Wamphyr, Wampire, Wukodalak
"In German lore, when a person commits suicide or was a heretic, murder victim, werewolf, or witch in life, he will rise up from the grave as a vampiric revenant. The vampire has a bloated body, long fingernails, red skin, and blood in and around its mouth. Able to cause drought and illness in cattle, it hunts humans for their blood."
It is repelled by silver and garlic and has an obsession about counting seeds that are spilled on the ground.
While it is killed by a stake to the heart there are two limitations to this method: the stake must be made mountain ash, and it must be done with a single blow.
"Another way to destroy the vampire is to behead it, remove its heart, boil it in wine, place it back in the body, and then burn the entire corpse to ash."
==References==
*Bane, Theresa (2010) Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology McFarland pg 139
*Classic: Blood Types pg 104
Category:Myth
Category:Vampires
Category:Undead