Mara A Slavic vampire, also found in the legends of the Kashube people of Canada. Said to be the spirit of an unbaptized dead girl, she is considered to be a terrible night visitor who crushes and oppresses her victims. In the Slavic legend once the Mara drinks the blood of a man she will fall in love with him and will return to plauge his slumbers till his death. She is also said to be fond of feeding on the blood of children. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Masan A vampire from India, said to be usually the ghost of a child, that delights in tormenting and killing children. The Masan is said to be able to curse a child that walks in its shadow. It will also follow a woman home should she allow her gown drag on the ground over his shadow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Masani A female vampire from India, she is said to be the spirit of burial grounds. She is black in apperance. Her hunts are conducted by night, starting as she emerges from a funeral pyre. Anyone passing the burial site will be attacked. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mormo A vampire from Greek mythology, said to be a servant of the goddess Hecate. Considered to be a terrible denzien of the underworld. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moroii A living Romanian vampire. It can be either male or female, and exhibits most of the characteristics of a Strigoii. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Muroni A kind of vampire found in the Wallachia region of Romania. It is said to have the ability to change itself into a variety of different animal forms. While in one of these incarnations the Muroni can kill easily, with misleading signs of attack being left. Nachzeher A vampire found among the Kashubes of northern Europe. This vampire has the ability to kill its relatives by psychic means. While in its grave the vampire will begin to devour its shroud and then pieces of its owm flesh. This causes living relatives to begin to waste away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nelapsi A Slovak vampire, which can cause serious harm to the living. The Nelapsi is said to be able to massacre entire villages in a single visit. It also has the ability to kill with a single glance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neuntoter A German vampire, considered to be a great carrier of plagues and pestilence, traditionally only seen in times of great epidemics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nosferatu A Romanian species of vampire, said to be the illegitimate child of parents who were illegitimate. Soon after its burial the Nosferatu embarks on a long career of destruction. It delights in tormenting and engaging in wild orgies with the living. The male can father children. The vampire hates newly married couples due to its own illegitmatcy and wreaks its revenge on such couples by making the groom impotent and the bride barren Obayifo A living vampire found among the Ashanti people of the Gold Coast in Africa. It is said to be a male or female human which leaves its human body at night and feeds. Said to be particualarly fond of young children, it can also cause blight in crops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohyn A vampire from Poland, caused by the presence of teeth and a caul at birth.

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