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CAI CAI FILU [ Chile ]

( from: Patrick Tierney "The Highest Altar" )

CALLICANTZARO [ Greece ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

CALLICANTZAROS [ Greece ]

Children born on Christmas day who will become vampires after their death.
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

CAMAZOTZ [ Mexico ]

( from: Irene Nicholson "Mexican and Central American Mythology" )

CANCHUS [ Peru ]

I quote: "the canchus were believed to be devil worshippers who sucked the blood of the young."
( from: www.istrianet.org "Vampires and Witches in Istria" )

CATACANI [ Greece ]

( from: Massimo Centini "Sulle Tracce dei Vampiri" )

CATACANO [ Rhodos ]

( from: Peter Haining "A Dictionary of Vampires" )

CAUCHEMAR [ France ]

( from: Claude Lecouteux "Histoire des Vampires" )

CAUCHEMARES [ France ]

Plural for "Cauchemar" - also know as "Coche-mares".
These are sorcerers or witches who attack people during their sleep as "incubi" or "succubi".
( from: Roland Villeneuve "Dictionaire du Diable" )

CEL-RÃU [ Romania ]

One of the names used to indicate vampires and other evil beings.
( from: Adrien Cremene "Mythologie du Vampire en Roumanie" )

CHEDIPE [ India ]

( from: J. Gordon Melton "The Vampire Book" )

CHESME [ Turkey ]

A vampire cat that lives in the water and lures young men to their death.
( from: Nigel Jackson "Compleat Vampyre" )

"Çeçme" is the Turkish word for "fountain".

CHEVÊCHE

( from: Pérel Wilgowicz "Le Vampirisme" )

CHEVESCHE

( from: Roland Villeneuve "Dictionaire du Diable" )

CHIALCHIUT [ Istria ]

Local name for an incubus
( from: www.istrianet.org "Vampires and Witches in Istria" )

CHIANG-SHI [ China ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

CHIANG-SHIH [ China ]

( from: J. Gordon Melton "The Vampire Book" )

CH'IANG SHIH [ China ]

( from: B.J. Hurwood "Passport to the Supernatural" )

CHILDREN OF JUDAS [ Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire - his Kith and Kin" )

CH'ING SHI [ China ]

( from: Massimo Centini "Sulle Tracce dei Vampiri" )

CHONCHON [ Chile ]

( from: Massimo Centini "Sulle Tracce dei Vampiri" )

CHORDEWA [ Bengal ]

The Oraons (or Uraons) of Bengal are said to believe in this vampire witch who can change into a black cat.
( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire - his Kith and Kin" )

CHUPACABRAS [ Central America ]

( from: "STRANGE Magazine" )

CHURAIL [ India ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

CHUREL [ India ]

( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

CHURREYLS [ India ]

( from: R.E.L. Masters "Eros and Evil" )

CIALCIUT [ Istria ]

Local name for an incubus
( from: www.istrianet.org "Vampires and Witches in Istria" )

CIUAPIPILTIN [ Mexico ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire - his Kith and Kin" )

CIUATETEO [ Mexico ]

Mexican vampire-witch.
( from: Montague Summers "The Vampire - its Kith and Kin" )
Being that causes nightmares
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

CIUATETO [ Mexico ]

( from: Peter Haining "A Dictionary of Vampires" )

CIVAPIPILTIN [ Mexico ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

CIVATETEO [ Mexico ]

( from: Anthony Masters "The Natural History of the Vampire" )

COCHE-MARE [ France ]

Other name for "Cauchemares".
( from: Roland Villeneuve "Dictionaire du Diable" )

COCHE-MARES [ France ]

Plural - for "Coche-mare".

COCHOMAREN [ France ]

German Plural for "Cochomares".
( from: Johannes Praetorius "Blockes-Berge Verrichtung" )

COCHOMARES [ France ]

Witch (also called "Gaukemares") that attacks people during their sleep.
( from: Johannes Praetorius "Blockes-Berge Verrichtung" )

CON-TINH [ Annam ]

( from: "Le Musée des Vampires" )

CORPSE-CANDLE

Other name for "Ignis Fatuus".
( from: Katharine Briggs "A Dictionary of Fairies" )

CORPSE-SANS-ÂME [ Armorique ]

( from: Jean-Paul Persigout "Dictionnaire de Mythologie Celte" )

CURCOÏ [ Romania ]

Other name for vampire.
( from: Adrien Cremene "Mythologie du Vampire en Roumanie" )

CUROÏ [ Romania ]

Other name for vampire.
( from: Adrien Cremene "Mythologie du Vampire en Roumanie" )

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