It was said to be a man or a woman that left their human body at night to feed. The Obayifo was a living vampire found among the Ashanti people of the Gold Coast in Africa. The Impundulu also took the form of a handsome man and could become a lover to its mistress. It was said to have an insatiable appetite and had to be continuously fed. This vampire servant was usually passed down from mother witch to daughter witch and was used to inflict suffering on their enemies. The Impundulu was a vampiric servant of a witch found in the Eastern Cape region of Africa. It drank blood, palm oil and coconut water and preyed on children, especially handsome ones. The Adze flew around in the form of a firefly but, if caught, changed into a human. The Adze was a vampire spirit that possessed tribal sorcerers among the Ewe, a people inhabiting parts of southeastern Ghana and southern Togo in Africa. The Vrykolakas gained further powers as it grew older. It travelled in the dark and knocked on doors, calling out the name of someone inside, if the person answered they would die soon after. It was created by various means including an immoral life. The Vrykolakas was a species of vampire found in the Adriatic and Aegean regions. I have used the definition from several sources to make sure that I have not missed out a myth that may conform to someone else’s definition of a vampire Some of the myths on here may not conform to your definition of a vampire. Where countries no longer exist but can still be identified inside modern land boundaries, the ancient country name was used. The spelling of the vampire names was different depending on the era when it was written often the spelling changed when it was translated into a different language and then back again. I have tried my best to make sure that there are no duplications with my previous article. I continue to try and compare the different vampire myths across countries and continents.
This article continues my work from my last article GLOBAL VAMPIRES OF LEGEND & MYTH
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