Mandurugo
A Filipino vampire found in the region of Zapiz, said to appear as a beautiful woman during the 
day and as a foul flying fiend at night. The mandurugo ("bloodsucker") uses her beauty to attract
and wed young men, thus providing herself with a constant blood supply. WHen not feasting 
secretly upon her husband, she flies away in the dark of night, hunting for prey until drawn, 
when the crowing of the cock signals her to return home. She then changes back into human form. A
mandurugo was seen in 1992 in the Philippines presidential election.

Mara
Known in the Slavic as mora, a terrible night visitor that crushes or opporesses its citims, 
normally taking the shape of a beautiful woman, or a truly hideous old hag. Mara comes from the 
Anglo-Saxon verb merran (to "crush"), which also provides the root for nightmare (the nicht mara)
and mara (a succumbus or incubus); the word was widely used in Iceland, Denmark, and Sweden. The 
mara was feared from ancient times, known to enter the room of sleeper and to bring them dreadful
dreams. At times the creature appeared as a horse, placing its forehoofs on the sleeper's chest, 
glaring at the poor soul with gleaming red eyes. As with the alp, the mara has close associations
with vampires through its nocturnal predations and, in some areas, its fondness for blood. 
According to the southern Slavs, once the mara drinks the blood of a man, she will fall in love 
with him, never leaving him and forever plaguing his slumbers. She is also fond of sucking the 
breasts of children. A number of vampire species are classified as variations on the mara: 
ephialtes, langsui, civitateo, alp, and the mora of the Ontario, Canada, Kashubes, who hold to be
the wandering spirit of an unbaptized dead girl, eager to suffocate people.

Masan
A feared Indian vampire demon, possible the ghost of a child or the spirit of a low-caste 
individual, that delights in ttormenting and murdering children. The fiend can turn its victims 
green, red, and yellow, but the children normally just waste away. The masan can also curse the 
young with its shadow (similar to the German nachzehrer). It is attracted by water used to put 
out a cooking fire or the act of extinguishing a lamp with the fingers and then rubbing them on 
clothes. Should a woman allow part of her gown to drag behind her, the vampire will follow her 
home. The recommended way to free children from the masan is to eigh them in salt.

Masani
A terrible female demon vampire in India, the spirit of burial grounds. SHe is black in 
appearance, with a hideous countenance. Her hunts are conducted at night, beginning with her 
emergence from the ashes of a funeral pyre. Anyone passing the burial site is attacked.

Mormo
A hideous female vampirelike creature found in Greek mythology, said to be part of the train of 
the goddess Hecate and not quite as hideous as the mpusa. Greek children were told stories about 
the mormo by their nurses, and in time she became a favored bugaboo rather than a terrible 
denizen of the underworld. In his De Spectrist (1517), Louis Lavater included the mormo in his 
examination of vampire psecies in the ancient world. The mormo was also thought to be similar to 
lamia.

Mullo
Also muli and mulo, the Gypsy undead, synonymous with a ghost, held in horro because of its 
vicious, lustful nature. A mullo comes into being when a person dies of unnatural cuases (many 
Gypsy view death itself as unnature), by improper rites, or by sudden death. Having no set 
appearance or attributes, as these change from region to region, the creature can be invisible, 
or seemingly normal looking but lacking in certain digits, or have appendages of animals. In 
India they are described as having yellow or flaming hair. Among the Swedish Gypsies, the mullo 
can change into an animal, the wolf shape traditionally being the most common. An insatiable 
sexual appetite is frequently mentioned; thus a mullo will always return to its wife. The result 
of their union is called a dhampir. The lovers of such beings are exhausted, the female mullos 
can drive their male lovers to death from fatigue. Preventives for becoming one include piercing 
a corpse with a steel needle or driving a hawthorn stake through its leg. Also useful are bits of
iron placed between the teeth, in the ears, nose, and between the fingers. Fishing net, juniper 
pieces, thorns, and the rosary will keep an abode safe from visitation, as will the use of charms
and spells, or antivampire animals (such as black docks, black socks, and wolves). The theft of 
the left sock of the corpse or the firing of a gun by a dhampir will kill the mullo, as will 
pouring boiling oil on a grave, walking a horse over it several times, or pounding long stakes 
into the ground where the stomach and head of the corpse are located.

Muroni
Also called murony and muronul, a kind of vampire found in the southern Romanian region of 
Wallachia. The muroni is very similar to the Romanian strigoii, although it is especially feared 
for its ability to transform itself into a variety of shapes, including cats, dogs, fleas, or 
spiders. While in these incarnations, the muroni slays easily, leaving behind marks that disguise
its true nature. The only real clue is the fact that its victim is left completely drained of 
blood without the usualy puncture marks. Anyone thus slain is doomed to become a vampire, and no 
preventives are available. The recommended methods of destroying the muroni are simple: Pound a 
long nail through the forehead or a stake through the heart.