Vampires Covens

Covens (House/Household/Clans) are groups of individual vampires or vampyre lifestylers, usually but not always located within a certain geographic area, who have banded together under a specific theme, set of ideals, traditions, common Sigil, havens, membership requirements, hierarchy and/or rites. Covens range in size from as few as three members to as many as hundreds. … Read more

Vampire Bats

In Romanian folklore it was thought that a bat, insect or other flying creature that passed over a corpse, could turn it into a revenant (a corpse that returns from the grave). In fact, bats are much like vampires. They are nocturnal, some species drink blood, and they have an acute sense of hearing and … Read more

Mosquitoes

The most common bloodsucking animal, mosquitoes can be found almost anywhere in the world where standing water and blood-bearing animals co-exist. Male mosquitoes stick to a vegan and nectar-based diet. Female mosquitoes drink blood. Though mosquitoes themselves are not actually dangerous, they are the cause of more human deaths than any other animal, carrying and … Read more

Leeches

Leeches (sing. leech) are segmented worms that belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the subclass Hirudinea. Like earthworms, leeches are hermaphrodites but differ in the way that they are real predators with a more solid body and two suckers, one at each end. The majority of the 700 known species of leeches live in … Read more

Vampires from folklore

You will find an exhaustive list of folkloric vampires in Monstropedia, the largest encyclopedia about monsters. A Abchanchu Abhartach Adlet Albastor Amalanhig Asema Aufhocker B Baobhan Sith Boo Hag C Callicantzaros Chiang-shih Churel Cihuateotl Civatateo D Dakhanavar Dhampir Djadadjii Doppelsauger Dracula Draug Drekavac E Ekek Ekimmu Elemental vampire Empusa Erzsébet Báthory Estrie G Glaistig H … Read more

Chinese vampires

 The most general term forthe undead vampire in Chinese lore is k’uei and quite often these are blood-drinkers. Belief in k’uei is usually connected with belief that a living person has two souls, a superior one called the hun and an inferior one called the p’o. It was believed that a human fetus had a … Read more

South American vampires

South America has not been an area rich in vampire lore, however, the fact that vampire bats are native to the continent suggests that some recognition of vampirism would have appeared in the continent’s folklore—and such is the case. Aztec mythology described tales of the Cihuateteo, skeletal-faced spirits of those who died in childbirth who … Read more

African vampires

The peoples of Africa have not been known, in spite of their elaborate mythology, to hold a prominent belief in vampires. Montague Summers, in his 1920s survey of vampirism around the world, could find only two examples: the asasabonsam and the obayifo. Since Summers, very little work has been done to explore vampirism in African … Read more