This hub lists the vampire and undead articles on the site by creature, from Romania and the Balkans to Poland, Armenia, Gabon, Puerto Rico, China, Iceland and Norway. The strigoi article places Romanian tellings before the 1897 publication of Dracula and describes two distinct categories in oral tradition. The dhampir is a Balkan vampire hunter, conceived rather than trained. The Moca vampire is a dated event: a 1975 run of dead livestock in Puerto Rico. The Bathory page opens with the January 1611 raid on Čachtice Castle. Where a page covers a creature that is not a vampire in the strict sense, such as the manananggal or the adze, the description says what the article calls it. The zombie guide closes the list.
Articles
- Strigoi: Romania’s Original Vampire Folklore: Romania's undead, split into two categories long before Dracula was published in 1897. (Label: Documented.)
- Moroi: Romania’s Living Vampire and How It Differs From Strigoi: A figure that never held still: ghost, vampire or living person, depending on the region of Romania. (Label: Unverified.)
- Dhampir: The Balkan Vampire Hunter Born of a Vampire: The Balkan vampire hunter, conceived rather than trained for the job. (Label: Oral tradition.)
- The Strzyga: Poland’s Double-Souled Vampire-Witch: A being recognized at birth by a double row of teeth in Polish and Silesian belief. (Label: Documented.)
- Dakhanavar: The Armenian Vampire Who Counted Feet: A mountain-valley creature that travelers in historical Armenia were warned about, before Dracula. (Label: Oral tradition.)
- Ebigane: Gabon’s Shapeshifting Bat-Buffalo Vampire: In Fang epic songs, a shape a hero can force into being: teeth, horns and bat wings. (Label: Oral tradition.)
- The Adze: Ghana’s Vampiric Firefly Spirit of Ewe Folklore: Ewe tradition of a firefly-like light that can be a shape-shifting spirit. (Label: Oral tradition.)
- The Moca Vampire: Puerto Rico’s 1975 Livestock Panic: The documented 1975 run of dead livestock in Moca, Puerto Rico, and the press name “El Vampiro de Moca”. (Label: Documented.)
- Manananggal: The True Story Behind the Philippines’ Self-Segmenting Vampire: A creature that lives as an ordinary woman by day, documented in the Visayas. (Label: Documented.)
- Jiangshi: China’s Hopping Undead: A stiff corpse in Qing-era official's robes that moves by hopping. (Label: Disputed.)
- Draugr: The Undead Guardians of Norse Legend: The walking corpse of the Icelandic sagas, older than modern zombies. (Label: Oral tradition.)
- Gjenganger: The Norwegian Dead Who Walk Home Again: The Norwegian dead who return because of a debt, a wrong or an unfinished task. (Label: Unverified.)
- Elizabeth Bathory and Čachtice Castle: What the Trial Record Actually Says: The January 1611 raid on Čachtice Castle in what is now Slovakia, and what followed. (Label: Documented.)
- Zombie Legends Around the World: How cultures on five continents answered the question of what if death did not fully take. (Label: Disputed.)