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Rooted in older folklore, the modern belief in vampires spread throughout Asia with tales of ghoulish entities from the mainland, to vampiric beings from the islands of Southeast Asia. India also developed other vampiric legends. The Bhūta or Préta is the soul of a man who died an untimely death.
The Blow Vampire (1706 Kadam, Bohemia) Blutsauger (Germany) – Variant: Blutsäuger; Boo Hag (America) Boraro – Colombian folklore; Brahmaparush (India) Breslan Vampire (17th Century Breslau, Poland) Bruja (Spain and Central America) Bruxa (Portugal) – Males being called Bruxo; the Buckinghamshire Vampire (1196 Buckinghamshire, England)
Folklore of the Low Countries; V. Vampire folklore by region This page was last edited on 26 January 2024, at 13:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Folklore of Asia. Subcategories. This category has the following 34 subcategories, out of 34 total. ... Asian fairy tales (9 C, 21 P) Asian folklore by region (6 C) A ...
In Malaysian folklore, penanggal are mortal women who practice black magic. To become a penanggal, a woman must meditate during a ritual bath in vinegar, with her whole body submerged except for the head. Only active in penanggal form at night, the creature regularly soaks its organs in vinegar to shrink them for easy entry back into her body.
Get your turtlenecks ready, it's time to talk vampires. If you're fascinated by creatures of the night, the kind that prey on human blood, you aren't alone.From dressing up in vampire costumes on ...
Category: Asian folklore by region. 2 languages. ... Asian fairy tales by region (2 C) E. East Asian folklore (5 C, 1 P) M. Malay folklore (9 P) Malaysian folklore (6 ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. * ... Vampire folklore by region; Vampire pumpkins and watermelons; Ved (mythology) Vedmak; Verlioka; Vodyanoy; W. Wild man; Z.