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Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786444526. Spence, Lewis (1960) An Encyclopaedia of Occultism University Books Inc. New Hyde Park, New York; The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63
The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive.
In northern India, there is the BrahmarākŞhasa, a vampire-like creature with a head encircled by intestines and a skull from which it drank blood. Japan has no native legends about vampires. However some Japanese mythical creatures bear some similarities to vampires, such as the Nure-onna who is a snake-like woman that feasts on human blood.
Vampire – Reanimated corpse that feeds on blood; Vanara – Human-ape hybrid; Vântoase – Female weather spirit; Varaha (Hindu mythology) – Third Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a boar; Vârcolac – Vampire or werewolf; Vardøger (Scandinavian) – Ghostly double
Penanggalan – A vampire akin to Manananggal from the Malay peninsula; Leyak – Similar creature from Balinese mythology; Philippine mythology; Soucouyant – a Caribbean blood-sucking hag; Tiyanak – Blood-sucking creature in a form of a baby that turns into what is known to be the child of the devil
This is a list of vampires found in literary fiction; film and television; comics and manga; video games and board games; musical theatre, opera and theatre; and originating in folklore or mythology. It does not include the concept of dhampirs .
The term strzyga could also sometimes mean a vampire or upiór. [3] [4] [5] After the 18th century, there was a distinction between strzyga and upiór; the first one was more connected to witchcraft, while the latter was more of a flying, vampiric creature. [6] [2]
A psychic vampire is a creature in folklore said to feed off the "life force" of other living creatures. The term can also be used to describe a person who gets increased energy around other people, but leaves those other people exhausted or "drained" of energy. [ 1 ]