Cauchemar is the French word for “nightmare,”and it is also the name of this species of vampiric demon or witch. At night the cauchemar shape-shifts into either an INCUBUS or a SUCCUBUS
Akhkharu Pronunciation: Ack-CAH-roo Variations: AKAKHARU, Rapganmekhab In the language of the ancient Sumerians, thisis the word that is used when referring to a vampiric spirit during magical ceremonies or practices. This creature, which feeds exclusively on human blood, is summoned
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 (“Spear Finger”). A singular entity, it walks
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 he could fulfill an obligation, causing his
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 proper burial rites, such as being given
Varacolaci Pronunciation: Va-ROC-o-loc-ee Variations: Murohy, Strigoii, Varacolici, Varcolac, Velkudlaka, Vercolac, Vercolach, Vircolac, Vulcolaca, Vukodlak, Wercolac The Varacolaci is one of the most powerful and unsettling beings in Romanian vampire lore. It is
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 is created when a woman who has
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 VAPIR—by its body not receiving proper funerary
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 returns from the dead as a veshtitza
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 the child of a witch and a
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 quantity of blood it has consumed. It
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 vis flies out in search of prey.
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