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WAALRIDDER [ Netherlands ]

( from: K. ter Laan "Nederlandse Overleveringen" )

WAERÛL [ West Frisian ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Werewolf" )

WAERWULF [ Middle Dutch ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Werewolf" )

WAKWAK [ Philippines ]

Other name for ASUANG
( from: "Journal of American Folklore" )

WALOSI [ Africa ]

Male sorcerer who feeds on the life-essence of his victims.
( from: Jan Knappert "African Mythology" )

WALRIDERSKE [ Oldenburg ]

Deadly type of "Alp".
( E.H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

WAMPIOR [ Poland ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

WAMPIR [ Poland ]

Polish name for vampire.
( from: Ivanichka Georgieva "Bulgarian Mythology" )

WAMPIRA [ Serbia ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

WAPIERZ [ Poland ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WAPIERZ-STRZYGA [ Poland ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WARÛLE [ West Frisian ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Werewolf" )

WARWULF [ Scottish ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Werewolf" )

WEERWOLF [ Dutch language ]

"Man-wolf", person who - according to popular belief - can turn himself into a wolf and goes out at night
looking for prey.

( from: "Van Dale - Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal", 1976 )

WEERWOLVEN [ Dutch language ]

Plural for "Weerwolf".

WEREWOLF [ English ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Werewolf" )

WERWOLF [ German language ]

The German word for "Werewolf".
( from: "Wahrig Deutsches Wörterbuch", 1980 )

WIEDERGANGER [ Pommerania ]

Vampirical Corpse that has returned from the grave.
( from: E.H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

WIESENHÜPFER [ Germany ]

Other German name for "Ignis Fatuus".
( from: E. H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

WIESZCY [ Russia ]

( from: Ornella Volta "The Vampire" )

WIESZCZY [ Poland ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WILI [ Poland ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WILKOLAK [ Poland ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

WILL-WITH-THE-WISP

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

WILL-O'-THE-WISP

Other name for "Ignis Fatuus".
( from: Harry A. Senn "Were-Wolf and Vampire in Romania" )

WILL O' THE WYKES [ Norfolk ]

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

WILLY WISP

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

WITTE LEVER [ Netherlands ]

( from: K. ter Laan "Nederlandse Overleveringen" )

WJESCHTITZA [ Montenegro ]

( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

WOIRWOLF [ Old English ]

( from: Montague Summers "The Werewolf" )

WOPI [ Kashubia ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WRIKODLAKI [ Dalmatia ]

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

WRUKOLAK [ Greece ]

( from: Sturm & Völker "Von denen Vampiren oder Menschensaugern" )

WUJPI [ Kashubs ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WUKODLAK [ Dalmatia ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

WUME [ America ]

( from: Ornella Volta "The Vampire" )

WUPI [ Kashubia ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WUPJEGO [ Kashubia ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WUPJI [ Kashubia ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

WURDALAK [ Montenegro ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

WURWOLAKA [ Albania ]

( from: Thomas G. Aylesworth "Vampires and other Ghosts" )

WURWOLAKAS [ Albania ]

( from: Montague Summers )

WYPIOR [ Poland ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "Vampires of the Slavs" )

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