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This list covers the many types of vampires or vampire-like legendary creatures of global folklore and mythology. It does not include any vampire that originates in a work of fiction.

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A[]

  • AbchanchuBolivia[1]
  • AbereMelanesia[2]
  • AdzeGhana[3]
  • Alnwick Castle (Vampire of) – England[4]
  • Alp – Germany[5]
  • AndilaverisKithos Island, Greece[6]
  • AniukhaSiberia, Russia[3]
  • ApotamkinQuileute
  • Arnold PaoleSerbia
  • AsanbosamAshanti people[7]
  • Asema – Surinam[8]
  • AsimanAshanti people[9]
  • AswangPhilippines[10]
  • AufhockerGermany
  • AzemanAshanti people

B[]

  • Baital – India
    • also called Vetala
    • also called Betail
  • BajangMalaysia
  • Baka – HooDoo Tradition
  • Bantu – India. There are three main kinds of this vampire including:
    • Bantu Dugong
    • Bantu Parl
    • Bantu Saburo
  • Baobhan Sith – Highlands of Scotland
  • BebarlangPhilippines
  • The Berwick Vampire – England
  • BhauangkaraTibet
  • Bhūta – India
  • Bibi – the Balkans
  • The Blow Vampire – 1706 Kadam, Bohemia
  • Blutsauger – Germany
    • also spelled Blutsäuger
  • Brahmaparush – India
  • Breslan Vampire – 17th Century Breslau, Poland
  • Bruja – Spain and Central America
  • Bruxa – Portugal with the males being called:
    • Bruxo
  • the Buckinghamshire Vampire – 1196 Buckinghamshire, England

C[]

  • Cadaver Sanguins – England
  • Callicantzaro – Greece
  • CamazotzMaya Mythology
  • CanchusPeru also spelled:
    • Pumapmicuc
  • CatacanoCrete
    • also spelled Kathakano
  • CihuateteoAztec Mythology
  • ChedipeIndia
  • Children of JudasBulgaria and Serbia
  • ChordewaBengal
  • Chupacabra – Originated in Puerto Rico; subsequent reports (some erroneous) in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, The United States of America
  • Churel – India
    • also spelled Churail
  • CihuacoatlAztec
  • Cihuateteo – Mexico
  • Croglin Grange, The Vampire of – Cumberland, England

D[]

  • DachnavarArmenia with the following spelling variations:
    • Dakhanavar
    • Dashnavar
  • Dala-Kumara YakaSri Lanka
  • DanagPhilippines
  • Danav
  • Dearg-dul – Ireland with the spelling variation:
    • Dearg-due
  • DhampireSlovakia with the following variations in spelling:
    • Dhampyr
    • Dhampiresa
    • Dampyr
  • Dila – Philippines
  • Djadadjii – Bulgaria <this is a vampire hunter>
  • Doppelsauger – Germany also spelled:
    • Dubblesuger or Dubbelsügger
  • DraugrNorse also spelled:
    • Aptrgangr/Afturganga or Uppvakningur when the Draugr was raised by a sorcerer.

E[]

  • EdimmuSumer \ Iraq with the following spelling variation:
    • Ekimmu
  • EmpusaAncient Greece which is also called:
    • Mormolykiai
    • Empusas
  • Eretik – Russia
    • Eretica – could be the female version of Eretik
  • EstrieJewish Tradition

F[]

  • Fifollet – United States (Louisiana) also spelled:
    • Feu Follet

G[]

  • Ghoul - Arabia, Europe and Persia
  • Glaistig – Scotland
  • Grando the Carniola Vampire – Yugoslavia 1689

H[]

  • Hannya – Japan
  • HaubuiNorwegian
  • Hidam Vampire – Hungary
  • The Highgate VampireHighgate Cemetery England
  • Hisi-Hsua-Kuei – China
  • hooh-strah-doohWyandot – North America
  • HupiaTaíno with the spelling variations:
    • opia
    • opi'a
    • op'a
    • operi'to

I[]

  • ImpunduluSouth Africa
    • plural iimpundulu
    • also called ishologu
  • IncubusMedieval Europe with the female counterpart
    • Succubus
  • Inovercy – Russia

J[]

  • Jaracaca – Brazil
  • JenglotIndonesian and Malaysian
  • Jiangshi – China, also under the names of:
    • Kiang shi
    • Kuang shi
    • Chang Kuei
  • Jaques SaintTray
  • JigarkhwarIndia
    • also spelled Jigarkhor

K[]

  • K'uei – China
  • Kalu-Kumara YakaSri Lanka
  • Kappa 河童 – Japan with the following spelling variations:
    • Gataro 川太郎
    • Kawako 川子
  • Kasha – Japan
  • KataknanaCrete
  • KichkandiNepal
  • KephnBurma
  • KozlakDalamatia
  • KrvopijacBulgarian
  • KudlakCzechoslovakia
  • Kuzlak – Dalmatia
  • KukudhiAlbania
  • Kyuuketsuki 吸血鬼 – Japan
  • karalanos – Egypt

L[]

  • LaistrygonesAncient Greece, also under the names of:
    • Laestrygones
    • Laistrygonians
    • Laestrygonians
  • La Llorona – Central America and the United States
  • LamiaLibya
  • LampireBosniaTemplate:Citation needed
  • LangsuirMalaysia, also under the names of:
    • Langsuyar
    • Pontianak
    • Kuntilanak
  • Leanashe – Ireland
  • LemuresAncient Rome
  • Leanhaum-shee – Ireland
  • LiebavaMoravia
  • Lidérc – Hungary
  • Lilith לִּילִית – Sumer \ Iraq, with another name of:
    • Lilitu
  • Longinus - Vampire Emperor
  • LoogarooCaribbean Islands \ Mauritius
  • LugatAlbania, also under the name of:
    • Liogat
    • Kukuthi

M[]

  • ManananggalPhilippines also spelled:
    • Tanggal
  • MandurugoPhilippines
  • MaraSlavonic also spelled:
    • Mora
  • Masan – India also spelled:
    • Masani
  • Mati-AnakMalaysia also spelled:
    • Pontianak
  • The Melrose VampireMelrose Abby, Scotland
  • Melusine – France
  • The Mikonos VampireGreece 1702
  • Mmbyu – India also spelled or an early form of:
    • Pocu Pati
  • MulloGypsy the plural being Mulé, with the following spelling variation:
    • Mullo
  • MuroniRomania

N[]

  • Nachzehrer – Germany with the following possible spelling variations:
    • Neuntöter
    • Nachtöter
  • NelapsiSlovakia
  • Nora – Hungary
  • Nosferatu - Romania

O[]

  • ObayifoAshanti
  • OburBulgaria
  • Ohyn – Poland
  • Ol' HigueJamaica
  • OpyrbSlavic with the following spelling variation:
    • Opirb

P[]

  • Pacu Pati – India
  • PelesitMalaysia
  • PenanggalMalaysia
  • Petar BlagojevichSerbiaTemplate:Citation needed
  • PeuchenChile
  • Pichal Peri – India
  • PichasNepal
  • PishtacoSouth America, Peru
  • Pontianak – Malaysia

R[]

  • Rakshasa – India
  • Raktha pisachi – India
  • RamangaMadagascar
  • Revenants – England
  • Richmond VampireRichmond, Virginia, USA
  • Riri YakaSri Lanka
  • Ruza VlajnaSerbia

S[]

  • Sava SavanovićSerbia
  • ShtrigaAlbania
  • SoucouyantTrinidadian Guadeloupean it has the spelling variation:
    • Soucriant
  • StrigoiRomania with the following variations:
    • Strigoaica
    • Moroi
  • StrixAncient Rome with the following spelling variations:
    • Striga
    • Stirge
    • Strige
  • Strzyga – Slavic
  • SuangiNew Guinea
  • SukuyanCaribbean
  • SuccubusJudeo-Christian
  • SybarisGreece

T[]

  • Talamaur – Australia
  • Thayé – Burma with the spelling variation:
    • Tasei
  • Tlahuelpuchi – Mexico with the following spelling variation:
    • Tlaciques

U[]

  • UbourBulgaria
  • UpierPoland
    • Vjesci (pronounced as "vyeskee")
    • Njetop (pronounced as "nyetop")
    • Wupji (pronounces as "woopyee")
    • Ohyn
  • UpirUkraine though could be linked to:
  • UpyrRussia
  • UrukuMesopotamia
  • UstrelBulgaria
  • UtukkuIraq

V[]

  • Vampire pumpkins and watermelonsBalkan
  • VampiroBrazil and Portugal
  • VapirBulgaria
  • VârcolacRomania with the variations:
    • Varcolaci
    • Pricolici
  • VǎrkolakBulgaria
  • VendallaEthiopia
  • Vetalas – India
  • Vhlk'h dlaka – Greece
  • Vipir
  • Vjesci – Germany
    • Opji
    • Wupji
  • Vampir – Slovenia,Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Croatia
  • Vourdalak – Russia
  • Vrykolakas βρυκόλακας – Greece with the spelling variation:
    • Vorvolakas
  • VrykolatiosSantorini

W[]

  • Wak WakPhilippines
  • WampirPoland
  • WurdulacRussian has a spelling variation:
    • Verdilak

X[]

Y[]

  • YamaTibet, Nepal and Mongolia
  • Yara-ma-yha-who – Australia
  • Yaka – Sri Lanka
  • YakshaSri Lanka, India

Z[]

  • Zaloznye Pokojniki – Russia
  • Zorfabio – New Zealand
  • Zaolas – Brazil

References[]

  • An Encyclopaedia of Occultism by Lewis Spence 1960 University Books Inc. New Hyde Park, New York
  • The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press New York New York, pages 62–63
  • Mysteries of Mind Space and Time, The Unexplained series 1992 Orbis Publishing Limited, Westport, Connecticut, Pages 150–151,
  • A World of Vampires, documentary special, from the Two-Disk Special Edition Lost Boys DVD
  • The Vampire Book by J. Gordon Melton
  • The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson
  • Vampire Universe by Johnathan Maberry
  • Vampires by Leonard R.N. Ashley
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