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LABARTOU [ Babylon ]

( from: Hervé Masson "Le Diable et la Possession Démoniaque" )

LAMASHTO [ Babylon ]

( from: Raymond T. McNally "A Clutch of Vampires" )

LAMASHTU [ Babylon ]

( from: Pérel Wilgowicz "Le Vampirisme" )

LAMASJTOE [ Babylon ]

( from: "Mythologisch Woordenboek" )

LAMATU [ Babylon ]

( from: Jean-Paul Roux "Le Sang" )

LAMIA [ Ancient Greece ]

( from: Dom Calmet "Dissertation sur les Revenants en Corps,
les Excommuniés, Les Oupirs ou Vampires, Brucolaques, etc." )

LAMIAE [ Ancient Greece ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

LAMIARO [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LAMIAS [ Ancient Greece ]

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

LAMIE [ Italian language ]

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

LAMIEN [ German language ]

German plural for "Lamie".
( from: Johannes Praetorius "Blockes-Berge Verrichtung" )

LAMIES [ French language ]

French plural for "Lamie".
( from: anon. "Les Spectres et les Démons" )

LAMME [ Babylon ]

( from: Pérel Wilgowicz "Le Vampirisme" )

LAMPIR [ Serbia ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski "The Darkling" )

LAMPASMA [ Cythera, Greece ]

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

LAMPASTRO [ Greece ]

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

LAMPIGER [ Balkan ]

( from: Francois Ribadeau Dumas "A la Recherche des Vampires" )

LAMPIJER [ Balkan ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski )

LAMPIJEROVIC [ Balkan Gypsies ]

Child of a vampire.
( from: Jan L. Perkowski "The Darkling" )

LAMPIR [ Montenegro ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski )

LAMPIR [ Bulgaria ]

( from: Peter Mario Kreuter "Der Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa" )

LANGSUIR [ Malaysia ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

LANGSUIOR [ Malaysia ]

Being that causes nightmares
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LANGSUYAR [ Malaysia ]

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

LAOUSNICHETA [ Bulgaria ]

Deceased unbaptised children that have turned into evil demons.
( from: Ivanichka Georgieva "Bulgarian Mythology" )

LAOUSNITSI [ Bulgaria ]

Souls of women who have died in childbirth.
( from: Ivanichka Georgieva "Bulgarian Mythology" )

LAP [ Kashubia ]

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

LAPIR [ Serbia ]

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

LARVAE [ Ancient Rome ]

( from: Eliphas Levy "The History of Magic" )

LARVES [ Ancient Rome ]

( from: Julien Tondriau "L'Occultisme" )

LATAWIEC [ Poland ]

( from: Claude Lecouteux "Histoire des Vampires" )

LEAMAIN SITH [ Scotland ]

Being that causes nightmares
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LEANAN-SIDHE [ Ireland ]

( from: Katharine Briggs "A Dictionary of Fairies" )

LEANHAUN-SHEE [ Ireland ]

( from: Matthew Bunson "The Vampire Encyclopedia" )

LEANHAUN-SIDHE [ Ireland ]

( from: "Fairy & Folktales of Ireland" )

LEBEROU [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LEETON [ Latvia ]

"Alp" like creature that also rides horses to their death.
( from: E.H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

LEHOUSSI [ Bulgaria ]

Evil spirits who attack young mothers and their children.
( from: Ivanichka Georgieva "Bulgarian Mythology" )

LEMPIR [ Bulgaria ]

( from: Peter Mario Kreuter "Der Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa" )

LEMPTIR [ Bulgaria ]

( from: Peter Mario Kreuter "Der Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa" )

LEMUREN [ Ancient Rome ]

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

LEMURES [ Ancient Rome ]

( from: Dudley Wright "Vampires and Vampirism" )

LÉMURES [ Ancient Rome ]

( from: anon. "Les Spectres et les Démons" )

LEMURS [ Ancient Rome ]

( from: "A Dictionary of Devils & Demons" )

LEPIR [ Bulgaria ]

( from: Claude Lecouteux "Histoire des Vampires" )

LETZEKÄPPEL [ Germany ]

Other name for "Alp".
( from: "Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubes" )

LETZEL [ Germany ]

Other name for "Alp".
( from: "Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubes" )

LHIANNAN-SHEE [ Isle of Man ]

( from: Katharine Briggs "A Dictionary of Fairies" )

LIDÉRC [ Hungary ]

Hungarian type of "Incubus" or "Succubus".
( from: Tekla Dömötör "A Magyar né Hiedelemvilága" )

LIDÉRCFÉNY [ Hungary ]

Hungarian name for "Will-o'-the-Whisp".
( from: Tekla Dömötör "A Magyar né Hiedelemvilága" )

LIDÉRC NADÁLY [ Hungary ]

( from: Gabriel Ronay "The Dracula Myth" )

LIHOUSNITSI [ Bulgaria ]

Evil spirits who attack young mothers and their babies.
( from: Ivanichka Georgieva "Bulgarian Mythology" )

LIK'ICHIRI [ Bolivia ]

( from: Nathan Wachtel "Dieux et Vampires" )

LILATOU [ Babylon ]

( from: Hervé Masson "Le Diable et la Possession Démoniaque" )

LILATS [ Assyria & Babylon ]

( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LILIM

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

LILIN [ Ancient Hebrew ]

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

LILÎT [ Babylon ]

( from: Maximilian Rudwin "The Devil in Legend and Literature" )

LILITH [ Ancient Hebrew ]

( from: Dom Calmet "Dissertation sur les Revenants en Corps,
les Excommuniés, Les Oupirs ou Vampires, Brucolaques, etc." )

LILITH-GEISTER

( from: Johannes Praetorius "Blockes-Berge Verrichtung" )

LILÎTOU [ Babylon ]

( from: Hervé Masson "Le Diable et la Possession Démoniaque" )

LILÎTU [ Babylon ]

( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LILU

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

LIOUBGAI [ Albania ]

( from: "Le Musée des Vampires" )

LIOUBGAT [ Albania ]

Turkish corpse with monstrous nails, going around in its shroud.
( from: Johann Georg von Hahn "Albanesische Studien" )

LIOUGAT [ Albania ]

( from: Nigel Jackson "Compleat Vampyre" )

LIOUVGAT [ Albania ]

( from: Montague Summers )

LIPIR [ Bulgaria ]

( from: Peter Mario Kreuter "Der Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa" )

LIPIRIN [ Bulgaria ]

( from: Peter Mario Kreuter "Der Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa" )

LIQUICHIRI [ Peru ]

( from: Patrick Tierney "The Highest Altar" )

LIUGAT [ Albania ]

( from: Ornella Volta "The Vampire" )

LJUGAT [ Albania ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski )

LJUNA [ Balkan ]

( from: Francois Ribadeau Dumas "A la Recherche des Vampires" )

LJUNG [ Balkan ]

( from: Jan L. Perkowski )

LOAJNICE [ Transylvania ]

Transylvanian name for vampires.
( from: Adrien Cremene "Mythologie du Vampire en Roumanie" )

LOANGO [ Africa ]

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

LOBARRAZ [ Portugal ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOBIS-HOMEM [ Portugal ]

Erroneous spelling of "Lobisomem"
( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOBISHOME [ Galicia ]

Galician name for a blood drinking "Werewolf"
( sent in by: Jorge Guitián - Spain )

LOBISHOMEN [ Brazil ]

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

LOBISHOMES [ Galicia ]

Plural for "Lobishome"
( sent in by: Jorge Guitián - Spain )

LOBISOMEM [ Portugal, Brazil ]

Man who - according to popular belief - transforms into a wolf or other animal.
( from: "Pequeno Dicionário Da Língua Portuguesa" )

LOBOMBRE [ Spain ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOOGAROO [ Grenada ]

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

LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD [ Finland ]

( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LORK [ Germany ]

"Alp" like creature that can have the shape of a frog.
( from: E.H. Meyer "Mythologie der Germanen" )

LOUBÉROU [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOUPAROU [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOUP-BEROU [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOUP-CAROU [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOUP-GAROU [ France ]

French name for werewolf.
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LOUP-GAROUN [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOUP-PAUMÉ [ France ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LOUP-VAROU [ France ]

Loup-Garou as spelt by Bodin.
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LOUP-WAROU [ France ]

Old way to spell Loup-Garou.
( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LOUPS-GAROUS [ Haiti ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LUDAK [ Lapland ]

( from: Ernest Jones "On the Nightmare" )

LÜDÉRC [ Hungary ]

Other name for "Lidérc".
( from: Tekla Dömötör "A Magyar né Hiedelemvilága" )

LUDVÉRC [ Hungary ]

Other name for "Lidérc".
( from: Tekla Dömötör "A Magyar né Hiedelemvilága" )

LUGAT [ Albania ]

Regional name for a vampire
( from: Peter Mario Kreuter "Der Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa" )

LUGETËR [ Albania ]

Plural for Lugat
( from: Peter Mario Kreuter "Der Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa" )

LUPI [ Kashubia ]

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

LUPI MANARI [ Croatia ]

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

LUPIRZ [ Poland ]

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

LUPO MANARO [ Italy ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LUPO MANNARO [ Italian language ]

The Italian word for "Werewolf".
( from: "Lo Zingarelli Minore", 1995 )

LUPU-MINARU [ Sicilia ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LYCANTHROPE [ English language ]

"Werewolf".
( from: "American Heritage Dictionary" )

LYCANTHROPO [ Portugal ]

( from: Ian Woodward "The Werewolf Delusion" )

LYCANTHROPOS [ Greece ]

( from: Harry A. Senn "Were-Wolf and Vampire in Romania" )

LYCANTHROPUS [ Modern Latin language ]

"Werewolf".
( from: "American Heritage Dictionary" )

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