Craqueuhhe
Craqueuhhe (Crack-COAL) Variations: Chan Hook, Craqueuhle, Father Tôsô, Jean Crochat, Kaperman In the Lorraine region of France, craqueuhhe isa word that is used when referring…
Month: October 2020
Nabeshima
Nabeshima Pronunciation : (Nob-BAY-she-ma) The nabeshima, as it has come to be called, is a vampiric cat from the folklore of ancient Japan. It looks…
German Vampires
Germany has a great number of species of vampires, about fifty, and most of them are REVENANTs. Truth be told, the vampires of Germany are…
Invunche
Invunche (Een-IWN-che) Of all the vampiric beings, creations, and creatures, the invunche is perhaps the most pitiable. In Chile a witch will kidnap a firstborn…
Ustrel
Ustrel Ustrel: translation (Oo-STRELL) In Bulgaria when a child who was born on a Saturday dies without having been baptized, then nine days after its…
Uthikoloshe
Uthikoloshe Variations: Uhili The Xhosa people of southeastern South Africa say that the uthikoloshe is one of the most powerful types of familiars that a…
Utlunta
Utlunta Variations: Nûñ’yunu’ï (“Stone Dress”) In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee, United States, the Cherokee tribe tells of a vampiric creature they call U’tlûñ’tä…
Utukku
Utukku Pronunciation : (OO-too-coo) This species of vampire was first mentioned in the Mesopotamian epic, Gilgamesh. The utukku was created when a person died before…
Vampiir
Vampiir (Vam-PEER) In northern Europe, in the Republic of Estonia, the concept of a blood-drinking vampire was imported from the neighboring countries of Latvia, Finland,…
Vampirdzhija
Vampirdzhija (Vam-per-HEED-ah) From Bulgaria comes another type of vampire hunter known as a vampirdzhija. It specializes in the hunting and destruction of a type of…