warning scary stuff ahead
Vetala: Formerly a dead person, who resembles a small human, with
bat like wings and a tail similar to a goats. They can often be
found hanging upside down from trees in graveyards. These vampires
inhabited wastelands and graveyards in the form shadowy, ghostly
apparitions. These creatures were said to cause severe illness in
those it attacked as these vampires mostly fed on the intestines
and excrement of the recently buried.
Comments:Eyewitness accounts of this creature are commonplace in
remote villages of North India. Probably related to Satan in
western mythlogy and similar winged creatures. They are well known
and featured in ancient epics as long as 500 BC.It is possible that
people probably mistook bats or vultures feeding on carrion for
this creature.Certain giant Bat species and huge vultures could be
found in India
Chedipe: The Chedipe (lit. prostitute) enters a house at night
sending all into a trance and sucks blood from the toe of the male
of the house.Young adolescent males are usually advised not to have
contact with immoral women for fear of being stalked by this
creature
Comments: A not so well known ghoul.Usually associated with a
discrimated caste called the devadasi(sex workers).A supposedly
true story which happened in an Indian village in North India
documents how a prostitue ostracised by society was murdered
returned to extract revenge on her perpetrators.The account was
testified by some policemen involved in the case
Churel (or Alvantin): A woman, who has died unnaturally or in
childbirth during the festival of Divali, may return with her feet
on back to front. The Churel attempts to dry the blood of the men
of the family. The Churel were generally extremely ugly vampires
with sagging ##*$^&s, black tongues, thick, rough lips, wild
hair and back-to-front feet. They were thought to be bitter and
angry due to their untimely death and as a result attacked their
families and attractive, young men. In western India the Churel was
also known as a Jakhin, Jakhai, Mukai, Nagulai and Alvantin
Comments: This is probably India's version of the vampire
"Pontianak" commonly featured in malay folklore,probably one of the
most terrifying Reports of this creature are especially prevalent
in South India.A true case in documents how a corpse of a woman was
found with its feet out of place.In some south Indian cultures, a
practice of erecting blessed stonehenge-like structures at the
entrances of villages is commonplace to prevent this creature from
returning from the dead
Kali: Vampire from ancient times possessed a terrifying countenance
and was said to appear on battlefields during long and bloody wars
. Her skin was charred black in tone, her eyes and eyebrows were
blood red and she had an extremely long tongue with which she
became drunk on the blood of her victims.She had mutiple arms with
an assortment of weapons
Comments: This one is probably the best known of them all and has
made some notable appearances in novels, movies and games like
Indian Jones and Temple of Doom.Its actually a deity which some
Hindus pray to and deeply rooted in Indian culture since ancient
times.Often said to represent violence and destruction,she's
usually seeked out by religious cult groups and warlords..Cult
groups around the world from western countries to Japan have been
associated with this goddess
Punyaiama: The Punyaiama (pure race) looks like an old woman. It
passes a magic thread down a chimney and sucks the blood from the
sleeping or mad/drunk women.It attacks travelers at night as they
pass by the burial grounds in which this female vampire hides,
sleeping by day in a funeral pyre. The ash from this pyre is what
gives this vampire her black-skinned appearance. It is also
reported to be a cannibal.
Comments: Usually associated with practioners of
witchcraft.Terrifying reports of this creature seems to emote from
the rogue states of Bihar and Orissa.This extremely remote regions
are largely ignored , teeming with cultural sins that could bring
about the moral decay of a society and one of the poorest states
where the very fabric of the human psyche is put to the test.In
some instances hunting expeditions are sent out to seek and kill
this creature
Brahmaparus: This bloodthirsty monsters took ghoulish delight in
completely consuming the people they attacked. Their method of
devouring its victims was highly ritualized: the Brahmaparush would
begin by drinking the blood through a hole in the skull, following
that the brain would also be consumed. This feeding ritual would
not be complete until the vampires performed a macabre dance whilst
deliberately entangled in the intestines of the corpse they had
destroyed.
Comments: The source of this creature is associated with
ritualistic cannibals who seem to hide in the forested regions of
central India where crime is rampant.Often said to be ocstrasised
by society, they prey on travellers and unsuspecting victims of
nearby villages .Some conflicting reports have suggested that
wanted terrorists or criminals hiding in the forests who
manslaughter innocent villagers make up for some of these reports.
Often bodies were found badly mutilated and local police
disbelieving these myths and superstitions often send out armed
convoys.On one occasion, a military convoy found evidence of
mutilated body parts indicating a ritual.
Hanh Saburo: Indian forest vampires, which can control dogs. They
will attempt to lure or drive travelers into the forest to attack
them by sounds.These creatures were supposedly invisible and at
times show up as orbs or lights.They were often said to dwell on
trees and thick vegetation.Usually a foul stench can be detected
when one of these creatures are near
Comments: The possible source of this mythical creature could
probably be attributed to large lizards, amphibians or big cats.In
the villagers of South India, its advised not to respond to sounds
when travelling through forests at night. Large toads or lizards
could be picked up by dogs who attempt to investigate and in turn
lead their owners astray...There have been cases where children
were found mutilated and hung on trees probably by animals like the
Cheetah
