Vourdalak
Vourdalak (VOUR-da-lacs) Russian vampiric lore tells of the vourdalak, a particularly evil vampire that resembles a beautiful woman and preys exclusively upon men. It can…
Month: October 2020
Vpir
Vpir (VA-peer) Variations: Upir A vampiric spirit from Russian lore, the vpir possesses the corpse of a sorcerer or witch and animates it for its…
Vrkolak
Vrkolak In Bulgaria, in the Demir-Haskov region,there is a type of vampire known as a vrkolak. Described as looking like a shadow, this vampire is…
Vroucolaca
Vroucolaca On the Greek island of Myconi was a species of vampire known as a vroucolaca that was immune to the effects of holy water,…
Vrukolak
Vrukolak (Vroo-co-lac) Variations: Ukodlak A vampiric REVENANT specifically from northern Dalmatia, the vrukolak is created when a person dies the victim of a vrukolak, by…
Vrukólaka
Vrukólaka In the northern regions of Greece there lives aparticularly barbaric species of vampire known as a vrukólaka, although the vrukólaka was originally a Slavic…
Vrykolaka
Vrykolaka (Vree-COH-la-ka) Variation: Alastores, Barbalakos, Borbolakas, Bordoukas, Bourbolakas, Bourboulakas, Bourdoulakos, Brykolakas, Kalakhanos, Upirina, Vrukolakes, Vrykolokas, Vurkokalas, Vurvukalas A vampiric demon from Greek lore, the vrykolaka…
Vryolakas
Vryolakas (Vree-oh-LAC-az) In the Republic of Macedonia there is a vampiric REVENANT known as a vryolakas. Like many of the vampiric REVENANTs from that region…
Vudkolak
Vudkolak (VUD-co-lac) Variations: VUKODLAK In southern Slavic regions there is a vampiric REVENANT known as a vudkolak (“wolf’s hair”), but this word is also used…
Vukodlak
Vukodlak (VOO-cod-lac) Variations: Pricolici, TRICCOLITCH, Tricolici, VRUKOLAK, Vukodlack, Vukodlaki, Vukolak, Vukozlak, Vulkodlak, Vulkolak In Serbia a vampiric REVENANT known as a vukodlak is created whenever…