Adze
A vampire spirit that dwells in tribal sorcerers among the Ewe, a people inhabiting parts of 
southeastern Ghana and southern Togo in Africa. The adze flies around in the form of a firefly 
but, if caught, cahnces into a human. It drinks blood, palm oil, and coconut water and preys on 
children, especially handsom.

Alp
A german vampirelike spirit associated with the bogeyman and the incubus, normally tormenting the
nights and dreams of women, although men and children are also victims. The creature's psychical
manifestations can be dangerous. Long connected with the nightmare, the alp is considered a male,
sometimes the spirit of a recently deceased individual, most often an actual demon. Children can 
become an alp when a mother uses a horse's collar to ease childbirth, obviously a local custom. 
(for more info, see "Vampire Encyclopedia").

Aluga (Aluka)
A name for a vampire or bloodsucking demon (meaning "horse-leech") derived from Proverds (30:15),
translated into the Latin as "sanguisuga" (bloodsucker). The aluga was probably similar to the
Arbian "algul" (or ghoul) but was considered by some sources to be a formidable blood demon,
possibly even the demon king of vampires.

Amine
An agul (arabian ghoul) whose story was told in the "Thounsand and One Nights." According to the 
tale, a young man, Sidi Numan, weds a beautiful maiden, Amine, who eats virtually nothing except
a bowl of rice, which she takes grain by grain w/ a knife, along with small crumbs of bread. 
Suspicious, Sidi learns that Amine leaves the house each night. Following her one even, he 
discovers her feasting on a corpse w/ a fellow ghoul. Confronting her the next night at dinner, 
he is turned into a dog by her spell. Restored eventually by a women learned in white magic, 
Sidi receives a potion that transform Amine into a horse. The ghoul is then led to the stables.

Andros Vampries
Supposed resident of Andros, the second largest and most northerly of the Cyclades group in the 
Aegean Sea. There the belief in vampires remained firm well into the twentieth century. The Greek
vampire species, the "vrykolakas" was consderied quite common, and the local clergy often opened 
graves to seek out possible revenants. The local custom of Andros required that a corpse 
suspected a vampire infection be exhumed, chopped into pieces, and burned.

Victor Ardisson
The so-called "Vampire of Muy" in southern France, who was arrested in 1901 for multiple illege 
exhumations and violations of graves. Ardisson was unlike other notorious criminals who bored 
the nickname of "vampire", as he virtually nonviolent. He raided cemeteries purely to indulge in 
necrophilia on female corpses, often women he had known in life. His crimes and behavior were 
examined in detail by Dr. Alexis Epaulard, who in 1901 wrote a theseis on Ardisson. Ardisson was 
sentenced to an asylum.

Asanbosam (The Attack)
A vampire found in Africa, known among the Ashanti of southern Ghana and by people in the areas 
of the Ivory Coast and Togo. The asanbosam is believed to reside in deep forests, most often 
encountered there by hunters. It is of gerneral human shape, with two exceptions: its teeth are 
made out of iron and its legs have hooklike appendages. Anyone walking by the tree from which it 
dangles will be scooped up and killed. There are male, female, and small asanbosams.

Aswang
A vampire of the Philippines, believed always to be a female of considerable beauty by day and a 
fearsome flying fiend by night. The aswang lives in a house, cany marry and rear children, and is
seemingly a normal human during the daylight hours. At night, however, the creature is led to the
houses of its victims by night birds, supposedly crying "Kikiki!" as it flies. Its nourishment is
always blood, and it feeds with its long, hollow thin tongue inserted through the cracks in the 
roofs of its prey's houses. An aswang will feed especially on children, but not those who sleep 
at the edge of mats. It always preys on those who sleep in the middle and supposedly announces 
this as it enters the abode. The creature is recognized by its swollen appearances after 
feasting, so much so that it looks pregnant. Dawn marks the return of the aswang to its human 
form, possibly because of the sun or because it washes itself clean of the special ointment it 
uses each night to acquire its powers. If the aswang licks someone's shadow, that person will die
soon after, and it is held to be very unlucky to see the aswang under the house. Garlic rubbed 
under the armpit acts as a repellent.