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Kasha
Area from/nationality: Japanese. Vampire that feeds by removing corpses from graves or prior to cremation and devouring them.
Area from/nationality: Japanese. Vampire that feeds by removing corpses from graves or prior to cremation and devouring them.
Kuang-shi
Area from/nationality: Chinese. Vampire, caused by the demonic possession of a recently deceased corpse. Said to have a terrifying appearance, as it matures it gains new skills with the older among them rumored to have the ability to fly.
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Lamia
Area from/nationality: Libyan. According to legend Lamia was a Queen of Libya and all of her children were slain by the goddess Hera, and who in revenge still roams the earth feeding on infants. She is also said to entice men into sex and then devours them in a gruesome fashion.
Area from/nationality: Libyan. According to legend Lamia was a Queen of Libya and all of her children were slain by the goddess Hera, and who in revenge still roams the earth feeding on infants. She is also said to entice men into sex and then devours them in a gruesome fashion.
Langsuir
Area from/nationality: Malaysian. Vampire, said always to take the form of a beautiful woman. A woman can become such a creature if she dies in childbirth. She is said to have extremely long nails, dress in green robes and have black hair, which hangs down to her ankles. She generally feeds on the blood of children.
Leanhaum-shee
Area from/nationality: Irish. An Irish fairy mistress, not actually a vampire but engaging in vampiric activities. She used her incredible beauty to lure men to her side and then used her charms to place them under her spell. The victim would then waste away as she slowly drained away his life's essence through exhaustive love making.
Lobishomen
Area from/nationality: Brazilian. Vampire, that preys mainly on women. It does not actually kill its victims preferring instead to draw small amounts of blood. After its attack, the woman begins to display nymphomaniac tendencies.
Loogaroo
Area from/nationality: West Indian. Vampire said to go to a "Devil Tree" each night and remove its skin. It then flies off in search of its victims, in the form of a sulfurous ball.
Lugat
Area from/nationality: Albanian. Vampire, said to be reasonably harmless, only feeding briefly on its victims, not actually killing them.
Impundulu
Area from/nationality: Eastern Cape region of Africa A vampiric servant of a witch. It was usually passed down from mother to daughter and was used to inflict suffering on ones enemies. It was said to have an insatiable appetite and had to be continuously let feed, it also used to take the form of a handsome man and become a lover to its mistress.
Area from/nationality: Eastern Cape region of Africa A vampiric servant of a witch. It was usually passed down from mother to daughter and was used to inflict suffering on ones enemies. It was said to have an insatiable appetite and had to be continuously let feed, it also used to take the form of a handsome man and become a lover to its mistress.
Incubus
Area from/nationality: unconfirmed - European. Without doubt one of the most famous forms of vampires, the male form of the Succubus, the Incubus used to visit women at night, make love to them and torment their dreams. It posses all the characteristic properties of the vampire, with nightly visits to its victims, draining of life and strength and extreme sexual desire. Like vampires found among Gypsy and Slavic communities it can father children.
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Jaracacas
Area from/nationality: Brazilian. Vampire, believed to appear in the form of a snake, it feeds on the breast of a woman, doing this by pushing the child out of the way and silencing the child by pushing its tail into the child's mouth.
Area from/nationality: Brazilian. Vampire, believed to appear in the form of a snake, it feeds on the breast of a woman, doing this by pushing the child out of the way and silencing the child by pushing its tail into the child's mouth.
Jigarkhwar
Area from/nationality: Sind region of India . A vampiric sorceress. She feeds by extracting a person's liver through a piercing stare and various incantations. The liver is then cooked on a fire and eaten, at which time the victim dies.
