Vampires AndThe terms...

*From the book: The Natural History of the Vampire By Anthony Masters G. P. Putnam's Sons, pub. New York, © 1972 **From the book: Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Third Edition By Dr. Benjamin F. Miller and Claire Brackman Keane W.B. Saunders Company, pub. Philadelphia, © 1983.

The Names (Asia, India, Pacific Islands and Australia)

Aswang a witch-woman who appeared as a beautiful maiden when she rubbed herself with a certain ointment. She would fly, at night, to the roof of a house and send down her long tongue to prick the throat of her sleeping victim, then she would drink the blood. When fully fed she appeared as a pregnant woman.

(Philippines)* Bhuta a person who died in an untimely fashion, and arose to wander the land at night. This demi-vampire, in its wanderings, would reanimate dead bodies of others, who then in turn attacked the locals, eating them as ghouls did.

(Western India)* Brahmaparusha a vampire-like mythical creature that drank blood from an upturned skull.

(Northern India)* Chedipe a (Literarlly "prostitute") This vampiric woman was depicted riding a tiger naked, and at night she would entrance a household into a deep sleep, enter, then suck the blood from the man through his big toe.

(India)* Chiang-shih (kiang shi) a rather vicious vampire that was made when the inferior soul stayed to inhabit the body after death, due to improper burial rites or a bad death. It could pass for a human, but sometimes took on other forms, such as that of a wolf, or it may have appeared to glow a phosphorescent green, or have serrated teeth, talons or shaggy white hair.

Kali a goddess, also known as the "Mad Mother" stretches the definition of what is vampiric. She has fangs (or sharp teeth), is dressed in human heads and arms, carries a sickle sword that she uses to kill demons, and is worshiped by sacrificing animals to her at her temple, where she may drink the blood. She-- along with other Hindu gods and goddesses-- often devours the demons that she kills. Though we can't label this revered and popular goddess a vampire, we can begin to see where the gods of the ancient peoples slowly worked their way into the everyday culture, and then, later, as Christianity took over as the main religion, superstition.

Kappa a vampire that dwelt in water (usually ponds), it attacked livestock, such as cows and horses, and drug them into the water and devoured them.

Yara-ma-yha-who more beast than man, this vampire dwelt in fig trees and would jump down on people who passed by or slept under the tree. The creature would drain the blood from the person, though not usually enough to kill. Sometimes it ate the person whole, then regurgitated them out later. The more often a person was attacked, the more like the creature they became, until eventually they were made fully into a yara-ma-yha-who. (Aboriginies, Australia)*

 

(China)*Churel a woman who died an unnatural death, she would come back to seek revenge on any family members who treated her badly by drying up the blood of male family members. She might also tempt young men in the village with food, and if they ate it, she would keep them until dawn, where they returned to their village old men. A churel was marked by the fact that her feet were turned backwards.

(Japan)* Maneden a creature that dwelt in a wild pandanus plant. If a human attacked the plant, the creature would retaliate by attaching itself to a man's elbow (or a woman's nipple) where it sucked his blood until he gave something in substitution, such as a nut.

(Malaysia)*Penanggalan a Gruesomely depicted vampire

Pisachas a Demi-god ghouls; literally "eaters of raw flesh." Also known as Yatu-dhana/ Hatu-dhana.

Polong a creature, like a witch's familiar, that would do the bidding of the witch in exchange for small amounts of blood daily, taken from a cut in the finger.

Pontianak a another female vampire who attacks infants and drinks their blood. Pontianaks also seduce young men, in the form of a maiden.

(Java) Also known as a Langsuir in Malaysia.*Rakshasas (Rakshasas, m. Rakshasis, f.) These are demi-gods in that they don't appear to interact directly with the populace, but their exploits, instead, are given in legends. Like vampires, though, they wandered at night, had fangs, drank blood and preferred to attack infants and pregnant women.

There many more names of vampire in on a county. The conclusion is dont take this seroiusly, it just an regular information