List of vampires in folklore and mythology

A

Abchanchu – Bolivia

Abere – Melanesia

Adze – Ghana

Alnwick Castle (Vampire of) – England

Alp – Germany

Andilaveris – Kithos Island, Greece

Aniukha – Siberia, Russia

Apotamkin – Quileute

Arnold Paole – Serbia

Asanbosam – Ashanti people

Asema – Surinam

Asiman – Ashanti people

Aswang – Philippines

Aufhocker – Germany

Azeman – Ashanti people

B

Baital – India

also called Vetala

also called Betail

Bajang – Malaysia

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

Bebarlang – Philippines

The Berwick Vampire – England

Bhauangkara – Tibet

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

Camazotz – Maya Mythology

Canchus – Peru also spelled:

Pumapmicuc

Catacano – Crete

also spelled Kathakano

Cihuateteo – Aztec Mythology

Chedipe – India

Children of Judas – Bulgaria and Serbia

Chordewa – Bengal

Chupacabra – Originated in Puerto Rico; subsequent reports (some erroneous) in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, The United States of America

Churel – India

also spelled Churail

Cihuacoatl – Aztec

Cihuateteo – Mexico

Croglin Grange, The Vampire of – Cumberland, England

D

Dachnavar – Armenia with the following spelling variations:

Dakhanavar

Dashnavar

Dala-Kumara Yaka – Sri Lanka

Danag – Philippines

Danav

Dearg-dul – Ireland with the spelling variation:

Dearg-due

Dhampire – Slovakia 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

Draugr – Norse also spelled:

Aptrgangr/Afturganga or Uppvakningur when the Draugr was raised by a sorcerer.

E

Edimmu – Sumer Iraq with the following spelling variation:

Ekimmu

Empusa – Ancient Greece which is also called:

Mormolykiai

Empusas

Eretik – Russia

Eretica – could be the female version of Eretik

Estrie – Jewish 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

Haubui – Norwegian

Hidam Vampire – Hungary

The Highgate Vampire – Highgate Cemetery England

Hisi-Hsua-Kuei – China

hooh-strah-dooh – Wyandot – North America

Hupia – Taíno with the spelling variations:

opia

opi'a

op'a

operi'to

I

Impundulu – South Africa

plural iimpundulu

also called ishologu

Incubus – Medieval Europe with the female counterpart

Succubus

Inovercy – Russia

J

Jaracaca – Brazil

Jenglot – Indonesian and Malaysian

Jiangshi – China, also under the names of:

Kiang shi

Kuang shi

Chang Kuei

Jaques SaintTray

Jigarkhwar – India

also spelled Jigarkhor

K

K'uei – China

Kalu-Kumara Yaka – Sri Lanka

Kappa 河童 – Japan with the following spelling variations:

Gataro 川太郎

Kawako 川子

Kasha – Japan

Kataknana – Crete

Kichkandi – Nepal

Kephn – Burma

Kozlak – Dalamatia

Krvopijac – Bulgarian

Kudlak – Czechoslovakia

Kuzlak – Dalmatia

Kukudhi – Albania

Kyuuketsuki 吸血鬼 – Japan

karalanos – Egypt

L

Laistrygones – Ancient Greece, also under the names of:

Laestrygones

Laistrygonians

Laestrygonians

La Llorona – Central America and the United States

Lamia – Libya

Lampire – Bosnia

Langsuir – Malaysia, also under the names of:

Langsuyar

Pontianak

Kuntilanak

Leanashe – Ireland

Lemures – Ancient Rome

Leanhaum-shee – Ireland

Liebava – Moravia

Lidérc – Hungary

Lilith לִּילִית – Sumer Iraq, with another name of:

Lilitu

Longinus - Vampire Emperor

Loogaroo – Caribbean Islands Mauritius

Lugat – Albania, also under the name of:

Liogat

Kukuthi

M

Manananggal – Philippines also spelled:

Tanggal

Mandurugo – Philippines

Mara – Slavonic also spelled:

Mora

Masan – India also spelled:

Masani

Mati-Anak – Malaysia also spelled:

Pontianak

The Melrose Vampire – Melrose Abby, Scotland

Melusine – France

The Mikonos Vampire – Greece 1702

Mmbyu – India also spelled or an early form of:

Pocu Pati

Mullo – Gypsy the plural being Mulé, with the following spelling variation:

Mullo

Muroni – Romania

N

Nachzehrer – Germany with the following possible spelling variations:

Neuntöter

Nachtöter

Nelapsi – Slovakia

Nora – Hungary

Nosferatu - Romania

O

Obayifo – Ashanti

Obur – Bulgaria

Ohyn – Poland

Ol' Higue – Jamaica

Opyrb – Slavic with the following spelling variation:

Opirb

P

Pacu Pati – India

Pelesit – Malaysia

Penanggal – Malaysia

Petar Blagojevich – Serbia

Peuchen – Chile

Pichal Peri – India

Pichas – Nepal

Pishtaco – South America, Peru

Pontianak – Malaysia

R

Rakshasa – India

Raktha pisachi – India

Ramanga – Madagascar

Revenants – England

Richmond Vampire – Richmond, Virginia, USA

Riri Yaka – Sri Lanka

Ruza Vlajna – Serbia

S

Sava Savanović – Serbia

Shtriga – Albania

Soucouyant – Trinidadian Guadeloupean it has the spelling variation:

Soucriant

Strigoi – Romania with the following variations:

Strigoaica

Moroi

Strix – Ancient Rome with the following spelling variations:

Striga

Stirge

Strige

Strzyga – Slavic

Suangi – New Guinea

Sukuyan – Caribbean

Succubus – Judeo-Christian

Sybaris – Greece

T

Talamaur – Australia

Thayé – Burma with the spelling variation:

Tasei

Tlahuelpuchi – Mexico with the following spelling variation:

Tlaciques

U

Ubour – Bulgaria

Upier – Poland

Vjesci (pronounced as "vyeskee")

Njetop (pronounced as "nyetop")

Wupji (pronounces as "woopyee")

Ohyn

Upir – Ukraine though could be linked to:

Upyr – Russia

Uruku – Mesopotamia

Ustrel – Bulgaria

Utukku – Iraq

V

Vampire pumpkins and watermelons – Balkan

Vampiro – Brazil and Portugal

Vapir – Bulgaria

Vârcolac – Romania with the variations:

Varcolaci

Pricolici

Vǎrkolak – Bulgaria

Vendalla – Ethiopia

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

Vrykolatios – Santorini

W

Wak Wak – Philippines

Wampir – Poland

Wurdulac – Russian has a spelling variation:

Verdilak

Y

Yama – Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia

Yara-ma-yha-who – Australia

Yaka – Sri Lanka

Yaksha – Sri Lanka, India

Z

Zaloznye Pokojniki – Russia

Zorfabio – New Zealand

Zaolas – Brazil