modern vampires. Despite the occurrence of vampire-like creatures in these ancient civilizations, the folklore for the entity known today as the vampire originates...

In Balkan folklore, a dhampir (Albanian pronunciation: [ðamˈpir]) is a mythical creature that is the result of a union between a vampire and a human. This...

A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires...

types of vampires, vampire-like legendary creatures of global folklore or people that were supposedly vampires. It does not include any vampire that originates...

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(sometimes moroii in modern fiction; pl. moroi) is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian folklore. A female moroi is called a moroaică (pl. moroaice). In...

dictionary. Mullo (Muli: female, Mulo: male) is an undead, revenant, or vampire of Roma folklore. 'Mullo' means 'one who is dead'. A mullo is created when a person...

with the Romani people of the region, from whom much of traditional vampire folklore originated. The belief in vampire fruit is similar to the belief...

numerous other legendary creatures, but is generally equated with the vampire of the folklore of the neighbouring Slavic countries. While the two are very similar...

legendary vampiric witch in folklore from the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, with deep roots amongst the indigenous Nahua culture of the region. The word...

his skin, the vampire screamed, and blood started to flow from the cut. According to folklore, peace did finally return to the region after Jure's decapitation...

Chinese "hopping" vampire Jiutian Xuannü, Chinese goddess of sexuality and longevity List of vampires Vampire folklore by region Vampire literature (Schipper...

Vrykolakas, which is similar to the Vampire of slavic folklore. Greek traditional music, or demotic music, varies by region in style, sound and rhythm and...

umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera suckers, and transforming human-beast...

(Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Савановић) is one of the most famous vampires in Balkan and Serbian folklore. Sava Savanović was said to have lived in an old watermill...

"ghost" by folklorists. While some maintain that vampires derive from Eastern European folklore and revenants derive from Western European folklore, many...

manananggal also shares certain traits with European vampire folklore, particularly those from the Balkan region, such as aversion to garlic, salt, and sunlight...

either themselves or said gifts leads to retaliation. Vampire – Being from Slavic folklore who subsists by feeding on the life essence of the living, generally...

closer to that of vampires of Eastern European folklore than to traditional depictions of Dracula, influenced numerous later vampire designs, including...

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of them. The vampire of the film is based on the jiangshi, the hopping corpses of Chinese folklore (similar to both zombies and vampires). The film was...

Upiór is a demonic being from Slavic and Turkic folklore, a prototype of the vampire. It is suggested that the ubır (upiór) belief spread across the Eurasian...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. The concept is based on the 1992...

The dakhanavar (դախանավար) is a vampire in Armenian folklore who protected the valley from intruders, first reported by Baron August von Haxthausen in...

Chedipe (Hindi: चेदिप, literally "prostitute") is a witch-vampire in the folklore of the region around the Godavari River in India. They are associated...

most famous pieces of Indonesian folklore, it inspired the name of a capital city in the Western Kalimantan region, called Pontianak. The legend of the...

Tunda) is a myth of the Pacific Region of Colombia, and particularly popular in the Afro-Colombian community, about a vampire-like doppelganger monster woman...

The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and...

[ˈaʊfˌhɔkɐ]) or huckup (German: [ˈhʊkˌʔʊp]) is a shapeshifter in German folklore. The Aufhocker is described in German legend as having an unidentifiable...

American folklore, Champ or Champy is the name of a lake monster said to live in Lake Champlain, a 125-mile (201 km)-long body of fresh water shared by New...