A type of INCUBUS from India, the bhootums is a vampiric spirit that copulates with Hindu women. It can be driven off with a medium- or high-level MECARU CEREMONY, depending on the spirit’s strength.

Source: Masters, Eros and Evil, 181; Rodrigues, The Complete Hindoo Pantheon, 27; Sugden, The Gospel Among Our Hindu Neighbours, 91

The bhayankara is a vampire from Tibetan lore to which blood sacrifices are made. Its name, bhayankara, translates to mean “fear”, “terror”, or “terrifying”. It is not uncommon for temples to make sacrifices and give blood offerings in order to appease these vampiric beings. A singleminded predator, it lives to consume the blood of animals and humans alike.

Source: Carter, The Vampire in Literature, 16; Somany, Shiva and Shakti, 14; Sundararajan, Hindu Spirituality, 470

The betail is a vampiric spirit from India that possesses and then animates corpses to feed on human blood.

Source: Melton, Vampire Book, 322; Stefoff, Vampires, Zombies, and Shape-Shifters, 16

In 1196, in the village of Berwick (England or Scotland, sources conflict), a rich, corrupt, and overall sinful merchant died of the plague and was not buried in hallowed ground. The merchant returned to the village as a vampiric REVENANT — a smelling, rotting corpse that carried the plague. At night, the undead merchant would run through the streets screaming, “Until my body is burnt, you folk of Berwick shall have no peace!” Dogs would bark in alarm as he would near and nearly half of the village died of the plague. Eventually, the people of the town exhumed the body, severed the limbs and head, and burned the body down to ash.

Source: Aylesworth, Story of Vampires, 49-50; Mc-Nally, A Clutch of Vampires, 40-41; Summers, Vampire in Europe, 82; Twitchell, The Living Dead, 32