Most well-known species of vampires that, according to legends and lore, have haunted the world over the centuries.
Name of the species | Country or region | How he becomes a vampire | Method to kill him |
Adachigahara, Adachigahara |
Japan |
Cannibal spirit of woman |
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Blautsager, Germany |
Bosnia- |
Bite from another Blautsager |
Put a hawthorn in the coffin; will have to stop to pick it up and the sunrise will destroy it |
Brukulaco |
Greece |
Son of an excommunicated or excommunicated himself |
Cut off his head and burn it |
Bruxsa, Inn. |
Portugal |
Witchcraft |
No known remedy |
Ch’Ing Shi |
China |
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An iron blade in the heart |
Cianteteus |
Mexico, Mexico |
Witchcraft |
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Dearg-dul |
Ireland |
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Stacking stones on his grave |
Drakul |
Moravia |
Person possessed |
Stealing the shroud from the coffin and destroying it |
Farkaskoldus, Us. |
Hungary |
It’s a blood-sucking werewolf |
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Ghul |
Saudi |
It’s a desert demon that feeds on corpses |
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Gierach (Stryz) |
Prussia |
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Putting poppy seeds in the grave |
Katacan, N. |
Ceylon |
It’s a type of zombie |
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Kathakano people |
Crete |
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Boil his head in vinegar |
Krvopijac |
Bulgaria |
He committed unforicanty acts, such as orgies during Lent |
Tie it to the grave with wild roses |
Kuzlak people |
Dalmatia |
Weaned early |
Pierce it with a branch of hawthorn |
Lamia |
Ancient Greece |
Demon origin |
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Lemures |
Ancient Rome |
Spirits |
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Liderc nadaly |
Hungary |
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Stake in the heart; nail in the temples |
Lobishomen, New |
Brazil |
Associated with lycanthropy |
Nail him to a tree with daggers |
Moribund, New |
Britta |
Bite from a werewolf |
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Myertovets |
Russia |
Son of a werewolf or a witch; Witchcraft |
Pierce his chest with a stake and in his heart; you only have to hit it once, otherwise it comes back to life |
Nachtzehrer, R-D. |
Bavaria |
Birth with a second skin |
Coin in his mouth, cut off his head with an axe |
Neuntoter, New |
Saxony |
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Lemon in the mouth |
Ogoljen |
Bohemia |
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Bury him at a crucible |
Owenga |
Africa |
Reincarnation of an ancient evil sorcerer |
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Penaggalan, Neldalan |
Malaysia |
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Piyavius |
Croatia |
Incest with his mother |
Cut off his head and put it between his legs |
Punyaiama, New York |
India |
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(a) Sampiro |
Albania |
(a) Natural causes |
(a) Stake in the heart |
(a) Strigoiul |
Romania |
Born out of wedlock to parents born out of wedlock |
(a) Take his heart and cut it in two; garlic in the mouth, nail in the head(b |
Strigon, Oregon |
Istria |
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A branch of hawthorn in the heart |
Upier and Upierzyca |
Poland |
Born with teeth |
Bury it face down |
Vampire |
Italy |
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Vampire |
Spain |
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No known remedy |
Vampyr, Inn. |
Sweden |
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Vilkodlak |
Czechia |
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Vlkoslak |
Serbia |
Incest or killed by a werewolf; baby born dead |
Cut off his toes; nail in the neck |
Vourdalak |
Moldova |
Killed by another Vourdalak |
Cut off his head and burn it |
Vrukolak |
Morlachia |
(like Vryolakas) |
(like Vryolakas) |
Vryolakas |
Macedonia |
Natural causes |
Pour oil on him; nail in the navel |
Vukodlak |
Slovenia |
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Information in the table partially taken from:Ronay, Gabriel, The Truth About Dracula, (c) 1972 by Gabriel Ronay as The Dracula Myth, Stein and Day/Publishers/Scarborough House, 1974, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510, pp. 22-23.