Callicantzaro
A terrible creature found in Greece, linked to vampires and recorded by the sixteenth-century 
writer Leo Allatius. The callicantzaro (plural callicantzari) is a child born during the time of 
holiness between Christmas and Epiphany (perhaps even later), who must leave his or her family 
to live most of the year in the underworld. From Christmas to New YEar's Day, however, the 
creature comes back to earth to terrorize people, especially hoping to devour its brothers and 
sisters. Its exact nature varies from region to region, changing according to village lore. It 
can be large or small, appearing most often with a black face, red eyes, ears like a donkey, and 
sharp fangs. Little relief is found in death, for it is known to return as a vampire. One method 
of saving a child from become a callicantzaro is to singe the toes and the feet.

Chordewa
A witch found among the Oraons, a hill tribe of Nebgal capable of turning her soul into a type of
black vampire cat. In that form she found her way into the homes of the sick and the dying, 
eating the person's food and licking their lips, thus dooming them. The chordewa in cat form 
could be identified by its peculiar mewing and the superhuman effort required to catch the 
creature. Any injury inflicted on the cat was immediately discovered on the witch as well, and 
should the cat be captured, the witch fell into a coma, remaing in the state until the feline was
freed and able to reenter her body. Often, women suspected of being such a creature were burned.

Churel
Also known as churail, a vicious and vengeful ghostlike vampire found in India; normally a women 
who died while pregnant during the Dewali Festival or while unclean at any time. The churel is 
horrible in appearances, possessing pendant breats, sharp long teeth, thick libs, unkempt hair, 
and a black tongue. SHe is also white in front and black behind. SHe hates life, saving her 
greatest spite for her relatives. Prevention is possible by burying her facedown or filling the 
grave with stones or thorns and strewing the ground where she died with mustard seeds. Prior to 
her burial, small naiols are driven through her forefingers and thumbs, and her big toes were 
weld together with iron rings. Cremation is possible, but a ball of threads is burned with her 
body so that she will remain busy unwinding it and thus forget about her family.

Civatateo
A type of witch-vampire found among the Aztects of Mexico, coming to attention of the Europeans 
in the sixteenth century as a result of the Spanish Conquest. Said to be the servants of the gods
Tezcatlipoca (a moon deity) and Tlazolteotl (also associated with the moon), the civatateo were 
also given the honorific title of civapipiltin (rpincess), as they were noblewomen who had died 
in childbirth. They supposedly returned to the earth to wonder on broomsticks, haunting 
crossroads and holding a type of sabbat. Crossroads were consequently avoided at night, and great
offerings of food were placed in shrines there to placate the creatures who otherwise might 
attack the living. Children were their favorite vitims, dying horribly of a type of wasting 
disease. The civatateo were described as hideous, with white fangs, their arms and hand covered 
in white chalt called ticitl, crossbones painted upon their tattered dresses.