The succubus is a demon, stemming from medieval legend, that takes the form of a woman in men’s dreams with the purpose of having sexual intercourse with them. They are often depicted as having demonic wings and hooves, and a purplish complexion or skin tone. They might also appear as red, like a devil or demon spirit. They survive by feeding off the man’s energy, and will feed for several nights until there is nothing left of him.
The succubus is thought to be an allegory to unclean thoughts. If you dream of lustful acts it may come back on you as a curse. Tales of succubuses help men from being overwhelmed with sexual thoughts, by identifying those thoughts and dreams with evil, and stopping them from reoccurring. In modern times succubi (plural) are a term for women who drain energy from their companions.
The hannya is a demonic woman with vampire-like qualities from Japanese lore. She is very jealous and is described as having two sharp horns poking from her head, eyes that are known to glare, and a large mouth. When opened, the mouth stretches from ear to ear. She eats children and drinks their blood. She is very popular and can be seen in many mask designs throughout Japan. The masks expression has her mouth open and is suppose to capture her anger and wrath. The oldest hannya mask is from 1558.
The Mask
When the mask is used in popular plays the coloration of the mask will depend on how angry she is. The redder her face the more angry she is. For example in a play known as Dodoji, which is a play about a woman who falls inlove with a priest from the Dodoji Temple, the hannya is very violent. She turns herself into an evil serpent and slithers up to the bell at the top of the temple. She wraps herself around it and eats it then turns against the priest and devours him as well. In other plays when she is not so angry her face is portrayed with a paler yellow mask.
Interesting Fact:
In modern day Japan when a wife gets angry or jealous the man will put his two index fingers out from his forehead to symbolize the hannya.
The Blackman, also known as the H?ki’al is from Mayan lore, from the Chiapas highlands of southern Mexico. It is described as a cannibalistic black demon with wings and a deadly penis reaching six feet long, which he uses for his unsatisfied sex cravings. He kidnaps women at night and takes them to his cave where he rapes or seduces her. She will have a curse upon her, that is if he doesn’t eat her first. She can never return to her village, she will have a very bad smell, and her children will all look like the Blackman. The only way to destroy him is to impale him, burn him, or cook him.
Bhuta, from Indian lore, is a flesh-eating spirit or demon. The bhuta is considered a vampiric demon, they are said to be the restless souls of people who died from either suicide, execution, or violence. They haunt day and night usually in forests or abandoned houses and appear as a mist or flickering lights that hover above ground without casting shadows. They like to haunt people who do not perform the right funerary customs for the dead. The bhuta can be avoided by lying flat on the ground, since they are above ground and never rest.They are blamed for ruining crops, causing illness, disease, plagues, and insanity, just like the European vampire. They can enter human bodies causing sickness and/or death. They can be scared away by burning turmeric. The demon version of the Bhuta is very similiar, although they were never alive.
The Empusa when directly translated from Greek, means simply “vampire.” In Greek legends, vampires are demons that takes over a corpses. It has no particular shape, but it sometimes takes the shape of a young woman or a phantom. It enters a human’s body and drinks all of their blood. It prefers blood from a young healthy person, and the Empusa believe that a youthful person’s blood is more pure and strong.
From the movie the Exorcist, the ekimmu spirit is often the source of possessed victims.
The ekimmu shows up in Babylonian and Assyrian demonology. The name means “that which is snatched away.” This invisible spirit is not allowed into the underworld, so it wanders around on earth. Usually people that are buried improperly, or not buried at all, or dying a violent death can become ekimmu. This includes people that died in battle, murder victims, drowning, etc. They will go to their family’s house at night and cause major damage and destruction. They sometimes cause death to everyone in the house. They can also take possession on a person, which is difficult to exorcise it out. They can be destroyed with wooden swords, or any other wooden weapons.
The Alp, from German lore, is a vampiric spirit, or demon, who can shape-shift. They are often described in german legends as appearing in nightmares as a bogeyman or an incubus.
Alps are considered to be a butterfly vampire and a released by the horerczy demon. (A horerczy is a German demon that releases vampiric butterflies out of his mouth.) Alps suck the breath out of humans. Not only do they appear as butterflies, they can also take the form of cats, pigs, birds, and sickly dogs. They also always wears a magical hat that gives the alp supernatural power and invisibility.
The alp are said to wait until people are asleep and will cause awful dreams. It enters the sleepers mouth as a form of mist or a snake and attacks with its evil eye. They also can sexually molests both males and females, drinking blood through the nipple of men and women. They also drink milk from women’s breasts as well as from cows. If you are a woman and want protection against the alp, it is said if you place your shoes next to your bed pointing them towards the door. It is also said that if a child’s mother used a horse collar to help with the difficulties of childbirth while that child was born, that child is at a high of becoming an alp.
A picture of a what has been described as a dead chupacabra.
Introduction
The Chupacabra is a vampiric dog entity that has been seen primarily in Mexico, but has made appearances in other countries such as Puerto Rico, U.S, Mexico Central America, and South America. Its name, when directly translated, literally means “goatsucker” in Spanish. There have been many reported sightings of the chupacabra, and many of the descriptions vary widely. It has been described as an alien, a reptile, or even a demon. Most often though, it’s described as a dog-like creature that walks around on his hind legs, lacking fur. He has glowing red eyes and some people describe the chupacabra as having wings. He is said to have a spiney back that can change colors. The chupacabra can also run and jump unnaturally fast, and can fly or glide. It also has a peircing scream.
A Chupacabra's victim most common victim, the goat.
Chupacabra: The Attacks
The name of the chupacabra comes from victims it takes. There have been reports of the chupacabra sucking the blood out of many farm animals, most predominantly goats and cattle. The victims most often have punture wounds on their bodies, usually on their neck, forehead, legs, and genital area. Sometimes the wounds are described as looking like surgical cuts, not like teeth marks, although in many Mexican cases there are two holes in the skin, which do in fact look like bite marks. Sometimes the brain or liver is missing from the body, and in unusual cases, slime is found around the dead bodies. Most of the victims are animals but several human attacks have been reported. There was an attack in Mexico reported in 1996, a woman was clawed on the back. The weird thing is that the craw marks resembled burn marks. There was another report by from a woman in Costa Rica who claims the creature grabbed her and tried to fly off with her, but she put up a fight and escaped.
Attacks in the U.S.
Near Miami Florida there were reports of domestic animals, goats, chickens, and ducks that were attacked and blamed on the chupacabra. A paw print was found at the scene of one of the attacks. Casts were made of itand examined. They found the print looked like from a large dog but had human nails rather than claws.Some people believe this beast has been around since the dinosaurs.
The Afanc is a lake monster from Welsh mythology. It is believed to exist in a few different lakes in the United Kingdom such as Llyn Llion, Llyn Barfog or in Llyn yr Afanc. It has various descriptions which include a combination of a beaver, crocodile, and a dwarf-like creature. It is also said that this monstrous beast will eat anything that falls into the lake. There several very old legends for the Afanc based on regional folklore, but primarily, it is considered to be a demon responsible for flooding.
The First Afanc Legend
The first afanc legend states that a young lady was taking care of the monster and let it cradle on her lap asleep. When the maiden’s village saw the beast they were angry and bound the beast in chains. The Afanc started thrashing about and ended up crushing the lady, apparently because it was still on her lap. It was dragged by the men to the depths of lake Cwm Ffynnon, which is located in Snowdonia, UK.
The Second Afanc Legend
In the second legend it is believed that King Arthur or Percival (one of King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table) slayed the Afanc. In the national park in Snowdonia, Wales, there stands a gigantic rock with an imprint on it that resembles a hoof-print. Some say this imprint was made by King Arthur’s horse, Llamrai, while they struggled to take the beast out of the lake with chains. The Afanc was so massive that it caused the horse’s hooves to press down and make an indentation on the rock. After a long struggle, King Arthur succeeded in slayed the beast. The rock with the hoof print can be seen today and is called “Carn March Arthur” or “Stone of Arthur’s Horse.”
The location where Arthur battled with the afanc. His horse left a hoofprint in the rock after struggling with it.
The Third Afanc Legend
In the third legend a Welsh poet named Edward Williams, (aka Lolo Morganwg [job mor'yaung])described as a famous forger of myths and folklore, believed that the Afanc’s swimming rapidly and thrashing about caused immense flooding during the time. According to legend, the flooding led to the death of every inhabitant of Britain except for two people, Dwyfan and Dwfach. All of the Prydains are said to be descendants from those two individuals.
The Final Afanc Legend
Another of the Afanc legends occurred in Llyn Llion’s lake with Hu Gadarn (“Hu the Mighty”), a man in Welsh Mythology. He was credited with inventing a song to help improve memory and for teaching people how to plow. Much like the previous legends, this afanc was said to flood the land. One day, after a massivel flood, Hu the Mighty pulled the creature out of the lake with the aid of his oxen. Once out of the water, the Afanc was helpless and very easily killed. After the Afanc was dead, the flooding was said to have stopped.
