Viesczy
Viesczy (VEETS-chee) Variation: Stryz, Vieszcy, Vieszy, Vjescey, Vji-esce A vampiric REVENANT from Russia, the viesczy is born either with a caul, with teeth, or as…
Month: October 2020
Virika
Virika (Vee-RIC-ah) There is a ghostly flamered vampiric spirit in India known as a virika (“brave one”). Its teeth have been stained red by the…
Vis
Vis Vis: translation (VIS) In Melanesia there is a vampiric being that hunts the Lakalai people of New Britain called a vis. At night the…
Vjesci
Vjesci (Va-JES-ee) or(VYESKEE) Variations: Opji, Vjeszczi, Vjeszczi Wupji In Poland there is the belief that when a person who was born with a caul or…
Vlkodlak
Vlkodlak (Va-COD-lic) Variations: Volkodlak, Volkoslak A vampiric REVENANT from Serbia, the vlkodlak is created by one of two ways. The first method is when a…
Vodovyj Opyr
Vodovyj Opyr (Va-DOOLED-de Op-REE) In Russian folklore there is a vampiric water spirit known as a vodovyj opyr. It lives in lakes, ponds, rivers, and…
Vodyanik
Vodyanik (Vod-GAN-ic) According to Slavic lore, there is a vampiric water spirit known as a vodyanik, the male counterpart to the RUSALKA. Its name translates…
Volkolak
Volkolak (VOL-co-lac) Variations: Ukodlak, Vuc, Vuk (“wolf “) In Dalmatia there is a type of vampiric REVENANT that hunts the fields and forests and is…
Vompir
Vompir (VOM-peer) Variations: KRUVNIK, Vonpir Throughout Bulgaria and Macedonia there ist he prevailing belief in a vampiric spirit known as a vompir, or vompiras if…
Voukodlaks
Voukodlaks Variations: Voukoudlak A vampiric spirit from Slavic lore, the voukodlaks enters into the body of a sleeping man and possesses him. Once the vampire…