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A sword charged under the light of the moon made of Chinese coins can be used in an attack against the vampire. To stop a hopping vampire (zombie) in its place, take a small amount of blood and place it on the creature's forehead. To banish the hopping vampire, a person can throw sticky rice at the creature drawing out the evil in it.
The idea that the vampire "can only be slain with a stake driven through its heart" has been pervasive in European fiction. Examples such as Bram Stoker's Dracula (with Dracula often being compared to Vlad the Impaler who killed his enemies and impaled them on wooden spikes) [1] [2] and the more recent Buffy the Vampire Slayer both incorporate that idea.
As an onryō, she covers her mouth with a cloth mask (often specified as a surgical mask), or in some iterations, a hand fan or handkerchief. [1] She carries a sharp instrument with her, which has been described as a knife, a machete, a scythe, or a large pair of scissors. [7] She is also described as having supernatural speed. [8]
In contemporary representations her teeth often include pointed fangs in yakkha (Thai: ยักษ์) or vampire fashion. [9] In the movie Ghosts of Guts Eater she has a halo around her head. [10] The Krasue has been the subject of a number of films in the region, including My Mother Is Arb (Khmer: កូនអើយ ម្តាយអាប).
I Vant to Bite Your Finger is a board game designed by Charles Phillips and Charlie Leicht published by Ideal Toys in collaboration with Hasbro in 1979, in which waking a vampire represented as a roughly foot tall standee on the game board obliged the player to place a finger in the vampire's mouth, where it would be bitten by "fangs" that were actually small, red felt-tip markers.
The Yara-ma-yha-who is a legendary vampiric monster found in Southeastern Australian Aboriginal mythology. [1] [2] The legend is recounted by David Unaipon. [3]According to legend, the creature resembles a little red frog-like man with a very big head, a large mouth with no teeth and suckers on the ends of its hands and feet.
Rokurokubi from the Hokusai Manga by Katsushika Hokusai Nukekubi, from Bakemono no e scroll, Brigham Young University.. Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition).
Ikeda drew inspirations from Kaibutsu-kun and has incorporated some references later into the first serialization of the Rosario + Vampire manga. In an interview at Lucca Comics 2012, Ikeda said he is a big fan of Tim Burton and was inspired by his works, including The Nightmare Before Christmas, and particularly Edward Scissorhands because the monster has a sensitive soul.