Bhuta
(West India) See Vrykolakas.
Blautsauger
(Bosnia-Herzegovina) Type IV vampire. Hairy, with no skeleton and large eyes. It only turns it victims into vampires by forcing them to eat dirt from its grave.
Bramaparusha
(Northern India) See Vrykolakas.
Bruxsa
(Portugal) Normal Type III vampire.
Burkolokas
(Greece) See Vrykolakas.
Catacano
(Crete, Rhodes) Type IV vampire. Always grinning with very white teeth, this vampire spits blood, which causes horrible burns.
Ch'ing Shih
(China) While not technically a vampire, it is often considered such. See Vrykolakas, as well as description elsewhere.
Ciuateteo
(Mexico) Normal Type III vampire.
Dearg-Dul
(Ireland) Normal Type III vampire.
Dybbuk
(Hebrew) Although thought of as a type of vampire, neither of the two creatures that use this name are actually vampires.
Ekimmu
(Assyria) Normal Type III vampire.
Empusa
(Greece) Normal Type III vampires. Beautiful women, they coax young men into marrying them, then kill and feed from them.
Farkaskoldus
(Hungary) See Vrykolakas.
Hantu-Pari/Hantu Penyardin
(Malaysia) Type IV vampire. 3' tall invisible vampires that suck blood from open wounds, and keep them from healing.
Hungry Dead
(Hollywood) See Vrykolakas.
Jilaiya
(Bihar) Type IV vampire. Wear the form of night birds, 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 thought of as black unicorns. 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.
Wiesczy
(Poland) Normal Type III vampire.
Wurwolaka
(Albania) See Vrykolakas