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IELE [ Romania ]

( from: McNally & Florescu )

IELES [ Romania ]

Name used to indicate malevolant beings, to dangerous to be named.
( from: Adrien Cremene "Mythologie du Vampire en Roumanie" )

IGNIS FATUUS

"Corpse-candle" or "Will o' the whisp".
( from: Katharine Briggs "A Dictionary of Fairies" )

IKKER [ Netherlands ]

Black waterspirit that pulls its victims down into the water and drowns them before it drinks their blood.
( from: Maarten Douwe Teenstra "Volksverhalen en Legenden" )

IMPUNDULU [ Africa ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

INCUBI

Plural for "Incubus" - other name for "Ephialtes" or "Aufhöcker".
( from: Johannes Praetorius "Blockes-Berge Verrichtung" )

INCUBUS

Nocturnal demon that visits sleeping women
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

INDZSELLÉR [ Hungary ]

( from: Tekla Dömötör "A Magyar né Hiedelemvilága" )

INOVERCY [ Russia ]

( from: Nigel Jackson "Compleat Vampyre" )

INUUS [ Ancient Rome ]

Roman name for the "Alp".
( from: E. H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

IRRLICHT [ Germany ]

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

IRRWISCH [ Germany ]

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

ISHOLOGU [ Africa ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

ISTRAL [ Bulgaria ]

Vampire spirits of children who have died without baptism.
( from: Jean-Paul Roux "Le Sang" )

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