“Eretica…Russian vampire associated with the tradition…that heretics become members of the undead after life.”

If you look at previous blogs of mine you’ll see a bit of devotion to Vampires but it isn’t just me–human kind has been a believer for more year than this country has existed and it is not restricted to one country or continent.

The Filipinos have a double whammie with a Vampire Witch–an Aswang which is the name for them on many of the islands–their favorite means of transportation is transforming into a bird and flying.  As is common in European fairy tale witches they are attracted specifically to children–the helpless victim being easier to contain and control.

Closer to my ancestral home were Scottish Glaistig, who inhabited old ruins, often in the form of beautiful young women and guess who their designated–DUH—men of all ages.  After using up all their energy (I am not commenting on that) and consuming all their blood they dumped their bodies in lochs, and the like–this was described as a vampire fairy—I’d describe it more as a Siren-vamp.

“The Zmea took the form of a long flame that entered the room of a young girl or window”  Moldavia Vampire type figure.

 Never to be out done, the Welsh had the Gwrach Rhibyn (or out spelled.)  Described as another faery vampire.  She wore a ragged shawl and hung out in secluded places like rivers and forest pools particularly and when she wasn’t serving as a rather banshee type character–warning of impending doom, she also visited homes and drank the blood of sleeping inhabitants–especially young children.

In Albania it is believed that anyone of Turkish ancestry as well as Albanians with sorted pasts, were destined to become a vampire in the form of a Sampiro.  They wear flowing garments and wear extremely high heeled shoes (I particularly like that part).  They have huge luminious eyes, maybe because they are most likely to appear in foggy weather, On the positive side  they are more like mosquitoes (only takes minimal blood rather than a full body dram).

And then there were El Chupacabra who in the late 90s were credited with activity in the South West (Az. and Tx) where stray dogs were found dead due to extreme blood loss or missing their internal organs.  Other live stock in these same states were found dead with tiny puncture wounds on their necks.  In Northern Florida an Baja California there were reports of similar attacks on animals but luckily for humans it doesn’t seem they have a taste for us.

“Nelapsi…Probably a local term describing an undead that can do serious harm to the living, the creature drinks human blood and massacres entire villages including people and livestock.”  Slovak, Zemplin district Czechoslavakia

In the US early references were made to Vampire attacks in the 17th century by a Reverend in where else?  Salem–the place that brought us multiple witch trails and executions.  In the late 1800s New York (Schenectady) there were odd happenings which were attributed to persons of questionable character who were buried there during the Dutch period.  Some held the belief that they wer vampires.

Mercy Brown was a rumored vampire that was researched by Brom Stocker.  The Brown family started falling ill in the 1880s first Mercy who as it was winter was put in a crypt at the end of the cemetery and other members were lost– the strange ailment afflicted but did not kill  Mary Olive her sister.  For five years no one died then Edwin a married brother began to experience the family aliment and Mary Olive died.

The symptoms were describe a terrible weight on ones chest, dreadful dreams and a feeling of weakness and being listless.  After Mary’s death some raised the possibility of vampirism and the bodies of the dead were eventually examined.  All were found decomposed except Mercy (remember she had not been buried in the holy ground of the cemetery)  who though she had died 9 year before, showed no signs of decomposing.  Edward who seems to have survived, but was never free of the condition proceeded to remove her organs including the heart and then he burned the body and then covered the ashes with boiling water and vinegar and thus ended the illness except for it’s final victim–Edward who died shortly after ridding (Exeter) Rhode Island of one of its multiple female vampires, appears to be the last member of the family to have the condition or was it really a vampire attack?

“Along with the dark, dank tombs castles and dismal swamps or marshes, cemeteries were considered most likely habitation of vampires.”

Did you know that Outlander’s Father Bain and Max, the best friend in Nottinghill are the same people OMG

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Striges..a name for a kind of witch (usually female) who could transform at night into a terrible crow and drink the blood of humans, especially children.”

“Forty Days–a time period of biblical origin that has been associated through legend with the life span of a vampire.”  Bulgarian and Orthodox Christian Gypsies of Balkins.

RED HAIR is “said to be a leading indication that an individual is a Vampire.” Greek, Serb, Bulgarians and Romanian legends.