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

 

Blautsager, Germany

Bosnia-
Herzegovina

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
Brucolak

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
Ch’Ing Shuh

China

 

An iron blade in the heart

Cianteteus

Mexico, Mexico

Witchcraft

 

Dearg-dul

Ireland

 

Stacking stones on his grave

Drakul
Drtakul

Moravia
Moldavia
Romania

Person possessed

Stealing the shroud from the coffin and destroying it

Farkaskoldus, Us.

Hungary

It’s a blood-sucking werewolf

 

Ghul

Saudi

It’s a desert demon that feeds on corpses

 

Gierach (Stryz)

Prussia

 

Putting poppy seeds in the grave

Katacan, N.

Ceylon

It’s a type of zombie

 

Kathakano people

Crete

 

Boil his head in vinegar

Krvopijac
Obour

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
Empusa

Ancient Greece

Demon origin

 

Lemures
Striges
Mormos

Ancient Rome

Spirits

 

Liderc nadaly
Vampir

Hungary

 

Stake in the heart; nail in the temples

Lobishomen, New

Brazil

Associated with lycanthropy

Nail him to a tree with daggers

Moribund, New

Britta
nyCornwall

Bite from a werewolf

 

Myertovets
Vurdalak
upierzhy

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

 

Lemon in the mouth

Ogoljen
Mura

Bohemia

 

Bury him at a crucible

Owenga
Otgiruru

Africa

Reincarnation of an ancient evil sorcerer

 

Penaggalan, Neldalan

Malaysia

 

 

Piyavius

Croatia

Incest with his mother

Cut off his head and put it between his legs

Punyaiama, New York

India

 

 

(a) Sampiro
(b) Liugat

Albania

(a) Natural causes

(a) Stake in the heart

(a) Strigoiul
(b) Muronul

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
) nail in the head or stake in the heart

Strigon, Oregon

Istria

 

A branch of hawthorn in the heart

Upier and Upierzyca

Poland

Born with teeth

Bury it face down

Vampire

Italy

 

 

Vampire

Spain

 

No known remedy

Vampyr, Inn.

Sweden

 

 

Vilkodlak

Czechia

 

 

Vlkoslak
Mulo
Dhampir

Serbia

Incest or killed by a werewolf; baby born dead

Cut off his toes; nail in the neck

Vourdalak

Moldova
Bosnia
Turkey

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

 

 

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.