Cocoto was a vampiric god of the West Indies who preyed exclusively on women. Like an INCUBUS he would have sexual intercourse with all the women in his area of influence, taking just a little bit of life-energy from each one of them in turn (see ENERGY VAMPIRE). Victims eventually grew weaker and weaker and would in the end die.
Source: Levack, Witchcraft Sourcebook, 81; Pareto, Mind and Society, 550; Summers, Examen of Witches, 34
Кокото
Кокото был вампирическим богом Вест-Индии, который охотился исключительно на женщин. Словно инкуб, он вступал в половой акт со всеми женщинами в зоне своего влияния, по очереди забирая от каждой из них немного жизненной силы (смотри «Энергетический вампир»). В итоге женщины становились все слабее и слабее и в конце концов умирали.
Источник: Levack, «Witchcraft Sourcebook», 81; Pareto, «Mind and Society», 550; Summers, «Examen of Witches», 34
Coatlicue (“Serpent Skirt”) was a vampiric goddess worshiped by the ancient Aztec people of Mexico. As her name implies, she wore a skirt made of live snakes as well as a necklace of human hearts offset by an actual human skull pendant. Her hands and feet were clawed and her breasts were described as being long and flaccid from excessive nursing.
The goddess Coatlicue was an expert grave digger and preferred the blood of infants over all. She was one of the four princesses who accompanied the goddess Tlalteuctli, the others being CIHUACOATL, CIHUATETEO, and Itzpapalotl.
Source: Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life, 142, 162, 191, 257; Davis, Don’t Know Much about Mythology, 470-471, 474; Leeming, Goddess, 41-43; Salas, Soldaderas, 4-6
In ancient Mexico, when an Aztec noblewoman died giving birth to her first child, she would become a type of vampiric, demonic demigoddess called a ciuapipiltin, a word that translates to mean “princess honored woman”. Like the CIHUATETEO, the ciuapipiltin fall under the domain of the goddess Tlazolteotl, and like all of her followers, paints their arms, faces, and hands white. In fact, they are similar to the CIHUATETEO in every way save for the fact that the ciuapipiltin are considered nobility and therefore can be beseeched not to attack. If offerings of bread or bits of meteorites are left near an infant, the ciuapipiltin will accept the gifts and leave the baby in peace. Temples were once constructed to honor them at crossroads and at places where horrific murders were committed. Offerings of bread and meteorites were left in these places too to stave off attacks on wandering travelers.
Source: Bancroft, Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, 362, 364, 366; Kanellos, Handbook of Hispanic Cultures, 227; Turner, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, 130
A type of vampiric, demonic demigoddess of the Aztec people of ancient Mexico, a cihuateteo is created when a mother dies in childbirth or a child is a stillborn. Cihuateteo, a name meaning “right honorable mother”, fall under the dominion of the goddess of evil, lust, and sorcery, Tlazolteotl, and all of the cihuateteo are considered to be her followers. They are depicted as having arms, faces, and hands white as chalk and they live in the jungle, keeping to the dark places, as they were susceptible to sunlight; long-term exposure to it will destroy them. Although cihuateteo will feed off lone travelers who they happen upon as they fly on their brooms through the jungle, they prefer the blood of infants. Their bite has a paralytic effect, which enables the cihuateteo to feed in silence.
Source: Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life, 147, 199, 258; Kanellos, Handbook of Hispanic Cultures, 227; Salas, Soldaderas, 5-6, 34, 95; Stefoff, Vampires, Zombies, and Shape-Shifters, 17; Turner, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, 129
Cihuacoatl is the vampiric goddess of the Aztec people from ancient Mexico and one of the four princesses who accompany the goddess Tlalteuctli. Cihuacoatl means “Serpent Woman”, the name no doubt having been derived from the cloak she is depicted as wearing, as it looks like the hood of a snake. She is shown holding a rattle in her left hand and a serpent in her right, but she has also been rendered as holding a baby in one hand and a knife in the other. Always thirsting for human blood, she painted her body with chalk and donned a white gown to go wandering the streets calling out for the people to go to war, as prisoners were sacrificed to her. When not using so direct a method in demanding sacrifice, she would leave an empty cradle with a knife in it at a well- used source of water. Perhaps she was sending the message that if prisoners of war were sacrificed to her, then she would not have to start taking children.
Source: Aguilar-Moreno, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World, 86-87, 147, 148, 191, 192; Markman, The Flayed God, 217; Salas, Soldaderas, 5; Turner, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, 129
In India, when a woman dies an unnatural death or in childbirth, she will return as a type of undead (see UNDEATH). However, if she should do so during the five-day Festival of Diwali, she returns specifically as the vampiric REVENANT known as a churel.
Churels are an extremely ugly species of vampire in their true form, having backward-facing feet; a black tongue; sagging breasts; thick, rough lips; and wild HAIR. However, the churel has the ability to shape- shift as it is occasionally described as being a beautiful woman who carries a lantern.
A bitter creature, carrying the anger of her early and tragic death, the churel starts its vampiric life by attacking the male members of its family. Beginning with the youngest and most handsome man in its family line, it will seduce him and drain him dry of his blood, leaving only a shriveled husk of an old man behind. Once the men of its family are used up, it will move on to others, stalking the roadways and luring lone male travelers astray. Sometimes it will capture a man and take him back to its lair in a graveyard. There, it will keep him prisoner, feeding off him a little at a time.
In some places to the south, there is the practice of making a Stonehenge- like structure at the entryway to the village that is blessed in order to keep a churel from entering.
Source: Briggs, The ChamIrs, 129-131; Crooke, An Introduction to the Popular Religion, 69-70, 72, 168-171; Kiev, Magic, 135, 136; Taylor, Death and the Afterlife, 67
Chupa-Chupa
Variations: The Animal, The Apparatus, The Beast from the Sky, The Bug, Chupa, Chupa Sanguine, Disco Voador (“Flying Saucer”), The Fire, The Light, The Machine, The Thing, Vampire in the Sky, Vampire UFO
In South and Central America, often accompanying reports of CHUPACABRA sightings, are witnesses claiming to have seen red beams of light coming from the sky and targeting a person’s chest. These lights are commonly referred to as chupachupa, Brazilian for “suck-suck”. Once the lights have locked on, they begin to burn and boil away a “significant” amount of blood. Victims, both animal and human alike, are left feeling numb and weak, running a low-grade fever, and suffering from lingering headaches. Also, there are the telling burn marks that are seared onto their chests. Oftentimes, these burns will have three small puncture marks within them that form a triangle.
Source: DiAntonio, Brazilian Fiction, 134; Icon Group International, Inc., Foresters, 191; Slater, Dance of the Dolphin, 258
The chupacabra, the well- known “goat sucker” of Mexico, is one of the best- known vampiric creatures. The first recorded sighting of the beast was by the governor of New Galicia in April of 1540. He described one as being a small, darkscaled man who carried a torch and a spear, and when it attacked, it did so in large numbers. It was also reported that the creature was an excellent jumper and could cover a great distance in a single leap. As time passed, the description of the chupacabra changed, and each one varied widely from a foxlike animal with bat wings, cat eyes, and blue skin to a thick-bodied, furless, quadruped type canine. There have also been a number of different theories as to what the chupacabra is exactly. Ideas range from an extraterrestrial creature and escaped genetic hybrid to the more mundane explanation that it is merely an animal of the natural world that has previously been unrecorded or is simply suffering from a bad case of mange. What is not in dispute is that the chupacabra, regardless of what it is or where it came from, is a blood-drinking creature.
So far, all of the known victims of the chupacabra have been an array of domestic animals: chickens, cows, goats, and sheep. The chupacabra uses its amazing stealth to sneak up on the animal, killing it quickly and from surprise before it can sound an alarm. In the morning, the animal carcass is found with the smallest of bite marks on its body and completely drained of blood, with not a single drop to be found anywhere on the ground. Interestingly, in the year 2000 campers and other nature enthusiasts claimed to have seen the chupacabra in their campsites at night and when they awoke in the morning, they discovered that their water bottles had been stolen.
There is a vampiric demon in Hindu lore that is called a chuiaels. Created when a woman dies woman that lures men into its bed. Akin to the SUCCUBUS, it has a reputation of being an excellent lover from the few men who survived this experience to report upon it. They claim that during the act of fellatio, it literally drains away their life (see ENERGY VAMPIRE).
Source: Masters, Eros and Evil
Чуйяелс
Вариант: Чиджуррьелс
В индуистком фольклоре есть вампирическая демоница, которая называется чуйяелс. Возникающая, когда женщина умирает при родах, чуйяелс возвращается как красивая женщина, завлекающая мужчин в свою постель. Схожая с суккубом, она имеет репутацию отличной любовницы, благодаря тем мужчинам, которые пережили этот опыт и сообщили об этом. Они утверждают, что во время фелляции, она буквально высасывает из них жизненную силу (смотри «Энергетический вампир»).
There is a VAMPIRIC WITCH or vampiric demon that terrorizes the Oraon hill tribe in Bengal, India, known as a chordeva. By shape-shifting its soul into the form of a cat, the chordeva (“thief-demon”) sends it out to prey on the old and sick by stealing their food and poisoning what little morsels it leaves behind. While using its cat form, it can kill a person merely by licking the person’s lips. This is why all cats are kept away from anyone who can be perceived as a potential victim, even though the chordeva can be detected by the particular type of mewing it makes. Although it can also shape-shift into a were-cat, a chordeva is only as strong as an average person; however, it has the ability in its werecat form to place its victim in a trance by direct eye contact.
The chordeva is repelled by water of any kind, as well as HAWTHORN. Anything that would kill a normal cat will destroy the chordeva’s cat form, and the physical damage that is delivered will instantly become visible on the chordeva’s human body. When it is in its human guise, a wooden or iron stake driven through the heart will kill the vampire, as will prolonged exposure to sunlight. However, it is completely indestructible in its were-cat form.
Source: Briggs, The Chamārs, 134; Crooke, Religion and Folklore of Northern India, 208; Meyer, Sexual Life in Ancient India, 392; Sinha, Religious Life in Tribal India, 41
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