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…
Category: Vampire Creatures
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…
Vapir
Vapir (Va-PEER) Variations: VEPIR, Vipir In Bulgaria there is a vampiric REVENANT called a vapir. It is created when a body is not given its…
Varacolaci
Varacolaci Pronunciation : (Va-ROC-o-loc-ee) Variations: Murohy, Strigoii, Varacolici, Varcolac, Velkudlaka, Vercolac, Vercolach, Vircolac, Vulcolaca, VUKODLAK, Wercolac The varacolaci of Romanian vampire lore is created when…
Veles
Veles Pronunciation : (VEE-la) Variations: Vile, Vily, Wila In the vampiric lore of Lithuania there is a type of vampiric fay called a veles that…
Vepir
Vepir (Vee-PEER) Variations: VAPIR, Vipir In Bulgaria there is a type of vampiric faycalled a vepir. It is created in the same fashion as a…
Veshtitza
Veshtitza (Vesh-TESH-ah) Variations: Vehtiza, Vjeshtitza, Vjestitza According to the vampire lore from Montenegro and Serbia, all a woman needs to do to ensure that she…
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…
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…