Vampires From Around the World Quiz

Answer: Philippines

It is believed that the Danag helped Filipinos to cultivate taro before eventually turning on them. The story goes that a woman one day accidentally cut her finger and the Danag licked her blood. Unfortunately, it decided that it liked the taste of blood and proceeded to suck the woman's body dry.

Answer: bird

A beautiful female vampire, the Bruxsa leads a human life by day. By night however, she is transformed into a vampire through witchcraft. This vampire is capable of bearing children (though she often feeds upon them). If you meet one, I have bad news for you - there is no way to to kill this vampire.

Answer: build a cairn of stones on its grave

Legends about this ancient vampire date back to Celtic times. A beautiful woman that rises from her grave to prey upon unsuspecting males, its name literally means 'red bloodsucker'. Piling stones on any grave suspected to harbour such a dreadful creature is believed to be the only way to control it.

Answer: It sleeps at midnight and rises at noon.

Like its cousin from Russia, the Upyr, this vampire has a human appearance and sleeps at night. This vicious vampire can be destroyed by burning its body - however, once burnt, its body will burst, releasing hundreds of maggots and rats. A vampire slayer will have to kill all these animals too lest they return to exact revenge.

Answer: True

Although a vampire itself, the Stregoni Benefici vampire is said to be the enemy of evil vampires, and will combat them to the death. It is an Italian vampire.

Answer: All of them

The Bebarlang is a Filipino tribe that practises vampirism by feeding upon the vitality of their victims. The succubus is a sexual vampire that visits its hapless victims in their dreams and proceeds to feed upon their carnal desires. Jigarkhawar is a vampire from the region of Sindh in India which feeds upon the liver of its victims.

Answer: Moroii of Romania

The Moroii are vampires from Romania. They can be either male and balding or females with red faces. Other living vampires are found in Australia - the Talamaur - and in Madagascar - the Ramanga. The Gayal is an Indian vampire that comes about if a father has not been given proper funeral rites.

The Babylonians and Assyrians believed that anyone who died a violent death could turn into an Ekimmu. The Kuang Shi is a Chinese demonic vampire that takes over corpses.

Answer: Churel

The Churel is a frightful and vile female vampire from India - the spirit of woman who died while pregnant. The Asanbosam is a vampire from Ghana and the Ivory Coast which lives in trees. It has iron teeth and hooked feet. The Ewe people of Africa believe in the Adze vampire which preys upon children.

The Obayifo is another vampire found in the legends of the Ashanti people in Africa. This vampire too preys upon children and can cause great destruction in crops as well.

Answer: t

There are several vampires that prefer to leave their victims alive. Lobishomen is a Brazilian vampire that tends to prey upon women. It doesn't kill its victims although it does leave them with nymphomaniacal tendencies. (In Portugal, the lobishomen was a werewolf, but the folk tale evolved in the New World to make themvampires.) Lugat is an Albanian vampire which doesn't kill its victims either.

Answer: Nosferatu

The male Nosferatu can father children who go on to become living vampires (known as moroii). Murnau's Nosferatu was based upon Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' with little resemblance to the original legends of Romania.