Hannya
Perhaps the most feared demon in the extensive pantheon of monsters and fiends of Japan. Its most
common manifestation is in a feminine form, although there are male hannya. It is said that a 
hannya was once a truly beautiful woman who, for various reasons, became insane and ultimately 
possessed by a demon. She was transformed into a hideous creature, often identified with a ghoul,
drinking blood and eating children. INfants were a special treat, although the No drama of Japan 
depicted young men as the favorite victims of particularly vindictive female hannya. Some of 
Japan's most disturbing and frightening examples of monster art present the hannya in many of its
hideous forms.

Hecate
A goddes of the anicent world, held by the Greeks to be the patroness of magic and spells, later 
revered and feared as a deity of the underworld, the so-called Queen of the Phantom World. Her 
name meant "She Who Works Her Will," and she was often depicted as triple-formed, with three 
bodies standing back to back to back so that she could observe all directions from a crossroad. 
Her association with vampirism, particularly with drinking of blood, probably stemmed her 
involvement in dark magic, known as the magic of the left hand path, the foul nature of her 
servants. AMongs her evil entourages were the demons known as mormos (singular mormo) and the 
fiendish phantomlike vampires called empusas (singular empusa). Hecate, whose position in 
witchcraft and magic has remained constant over the centuries, was an influential figure in 
linking vampires with sorcery and evil magical rites.