Nachzehrer
A species of vampire found among the Kashubes of northern Eruope and in parts of Germany,
including Silesia and Bavaria. The nachzehrer (also nachtzehrer) is distinguishable in its
coffin by its curious custom of holidng the thumb of one hand in the other and keep its left
eye open. This creature is able to kill its relatives through a kind of long-range sympathetic
magic. While in the grave it will devour its own shroud, piece by piece, moving on to feast on
its own flesh. As this takes place, the surviving relatives will begin to waste away, their life
force being drawn out. According to some Kashubes, the nachzehrer then leaves its coffin or tomb,
often in the shape of a pig, and visits its own family, drinking their blood. It is also able to
ascend to a church belfry to ring the bells, bringing death to anyone who hears them. Another,
less-known power of this vampire is the ability to bring death, by causing its shadow to fall
upon someone.

Nelapsi
The name of a Slovak vampire in the Zemplin district of Czechoslovakia, probably a local term,
describing an undead that can do serious harm to the living. The creature drinks human blood and
masssacres entire villages, including people and livestock. The nelapsi also has the ability to
kill with on glance, slaying everyone visible to him from a chruch tower. Such a being can be
detected, however as the corpse carries certain telltale characteristics: the lack of rigor
mortis in the grave, a normal colored face, open eyes, and two curls in its hair. Should these
features be present, it may be assumed that the corpse has two hearts, therefore two souls as
well. Preventives include burial with coins, the use of enchanted herbs, the placing of Christian
symbols in the coffin, and pouring of millet or poppy seed in the mouth, nose, and along the path
to the cemetery. When taking a corpse out of a house, the coffin should not hit the threshold and
should be removed headfirst. More drastic measures vary from nailing the hair, limbs, and clothes
to the coffin, to impaling the head or heart with a blackthorn or hawthorn stake (a hatpin will
also do), to the lighting of a "new-fire" by rubbing sticks together. After the burial, the
family members are urged to wash their hands.

Nosferatu
Also nosferat, a decidedly lustful Romanian species of vampire associated with both incubus and
the succubus, said to be the illegitmate child of parents who are illegitimate. SHortly after its
burial, the creature wakens, departs the grave, and embarks on a long and savage career. It sucks
blood, but it also delights in tormenting and enganging in wild orgies with the living. The male
nosferatu is able to impregnate women. The resulting children are born covered with hair and are
destined to become withches or live vampires (the moroii). THe vampire also dislikes recentlly
married couples, making the male impotent and the bride barren. THe best mthod of destroying the
creature is by firing a shot into its grave or by impaling it on a stake.