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Mara
Area from/nationality Slavic vampire, also known to the Kashube people of Canada. Said to be the spirit of an unbaptised dead girl, she is considered to be a terrible night visitor who crushes and oppresses her victims. In the Slavic legend once the Mara drinks the blood of a man she will fall in love with him and will return to plague his slumbers till his death. She is also said to be fond of feeding on the blood of children. May also be related to Mare, a similar phenomenon found in German legends.
Area from/nationality Slavic vampire, also known to the Kashube people of Canada. Said to be the spirit of an unbaptised dead girl, she is considered to be a terrible night visitor who crushes and oppresses her victims. In the Slavic legend once the Mara drinks the blood of a man she will fall in love with him and will return to plague his slumbers till his death. She is also said to be fond of feeding on the blood of children. May also be related to Mare, a similar phenomenon found in German legends.
Masan
Area from/nationality: India. Vampire said to be typically the ghost of a child, which delights in tormenting and killing children. The Masan is said to be able to curse a child that walks in its shadow. It will also follow a woman home should she allow her gown drag on the ground over his shadow.
Masani
Area from/nationality: India. A female vampire , she is said to be the spirit of burial grounds. She is black in appearance. Her hunts are conducted by night, starting as she emerges from a funeral pyre. Anyone passing the burial site will be attacked.
Mormo
Area from/nationality: Greek. A vampire from Greek mythology, said to be a servant of the goddess Hecate. Considered to be a terrible denizen of the underworld.
Moroii
Area from/nationality : Romanian. A living vampire. It can be either male or female, and exhibits most of the characteristics of a Strigoii
Muroni
Area from/nationality: Wallachia region of Romania. It is said to have the ability to change itself into a variety of different animal forms. While in one of these incarnations the Muroni can kill easily, with misleading signs of attack being left.
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Nachzeher
Area from/nationality: Kashubes of northern Europe. This vampire has the ability to kill its relatives by psychic means. While in its grave the vampire will begin to devour its shroud and then pieces of its own flesh. This causes living relatives to begin to waste away.
Area from/nationality: Kashubes of northern Europe. This vampire has the ability to kill its relatives by psychic means. While in its grave the vampire will begin to devour its shroud and then pieces of its own flesh. This causes living relatives to begin to waste away.
Nelapsi
Area from/nationality: Slovak. Vampire, which can cause serious harm to the living. The Nelapsi is said to be able to massacre entire villages in a single visit. It also has the ability to kill with a single glance.
Neuntoter
Area from/nationality: German. Vampire, considered to be a great carrier of plagues and pestilence, traditionally only seen in times of great epidemics.
Nosferatu
Area from/nationality: Romanian. A species of vampire, said to be the illegitimate child of parents who were illegitimate. Soon after its burial the Nosferatu embarks on a long career of destruction. It delights in tormenting and engaging in wild orgies with the living. The male can father children. The vampire hates newly married couples due to its own illegitimacy and wreaks its revenge on such
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Obayifo
Area from/nationality: Ashanti people of Gold Coast in Africa. A living vampire. It is said to be a male or female human, which leaves its human body at night and feeds. Said to be particularly fond of young children, it can also cause blight in crops.
Area from/nationality: Ashanti people of Gold Coast in Africa. A living vampire. It is said to be a male or female human, which leaves its human body at night and feeds. Said to be particularly fond of young children, it can also cause blight in crops.
Ohyn
Area from/nationality: Poland. Said to be caused by the presence of teeth and a caul at birth.
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Pacu Pati
Area from/nationality: India. The creature is deemed lord of all beings of mischief. It is seem at night in cemeteries and places of execution.
Area from/nationality: India. The creature is deemed lord of all beings of mischief. It is seem at night in cemeteries and places of execution.
Pelesit
Area from/nationality: Malaysian. A spirit vampire. It invades a person's body, causing illness and death. Victims will rant and rave while under its possession
