What ARE Myanmar Vampires all about

Among one of the most Fierce Vampires in the continent of Asia are those of India, Thailand and Myanmar.

Thaye - Tases

Thaye or Tasei were disembodied evil spirits with appearances of people that are tall , dark, huge ears, long tongues and tusk-like teeth. They resided near villages at the local cemeteries. On occasion they assumed characteristics of vampires and ghouls and fed on corpses or went into the village to attack living people.They entered the towns during the noon or by dark and causes minor illness.

Most of the Myanmar vampires were when human, evil ! The thaye / tasei, were malevolent ghosts that because of their evil earthly life, condemned to their disembodied state until they had worked out their karmic difficulties and were eventually reborn into another body. These disembodied ghosts, at times, took on a kind of visible materiality.

In the folklore, protection from ghosts was provided by a Lehpwe, an amulet for a variety of purposes. One such amulet consisted of a drawing of an elephant made from the letters of the Myanmar alphabet. Popular in earlier centuries was tattooing of the body in the area between the navel and the knee. There were also specific rituals to banish ghosts from a village, both brief ones for individual use and longer ones for the community.

Akathaso


It is an evil tree-spirit similar to the Yara-Ma-Yha!

They are natss (spirits) who inhabit trees in Burmese folklore. They are believed to live on the tops of trees, and are guardians of the sky. Yokkhaso and bhummaso are are also nats that live on the trunks and roots of the trees respectively.

Kephn



KEPHN is one of the Burmese Vampires species that's both a Vampire as well as a powerful Sorcerer. Among the Karen tribes of Burma generally linked to sorcery, Kephn is in the shape of a floating head and stomach and it's preferred meal is the human soul.

The description of the Kephn is very similar to the 'Penanggalan of Malysia/Indonesia and the Phii Krasue of Thailand. This Sorcerer which has a pact with the demonic forces, transforms at the dead of night into a ghoulish floating head and stomach. When in this new apparition shape, the Kephn sucks the souls of the living and can even transport these souls into the bodies of the long deceased - creating zombie slaves.

The Kephn are incredibly strong and deceptively crafty. They can be easily disposed of in the daytime ( when still in the form of the human sorcerer which summoned it), decapitation and immediate cremation is recommended.

When this brutal creature roams the night in the full supernatural splendor, it's best to hunt it with a team of up to a dozen prepared and well armed people. Decapitation and burning the remains is still the most noted course of action.

The only human being known to have been able to defeat a Kephn in one-on-one combat was a Ghurka, a well trained Burmese soldier, using a superbly crafted KUKRI KNIFE based on legends.

TASE

Another Evil Burmese creatures is the TASE ! This psychic entities are difficult to distinguish between a vampire or a ghost. They are a breed of blood drinking specters associated with spreading plague and disease.

Actually, there are three subspecies of the Tase, the first and most rare among is the Hminza-Tase. It is a demon which possesses the bodies of animals such as owls, crocodiles, tigers or other creatures, and then slaughters the species. Afterwards it proceeds to lure humans into remote parts of the woods, rip them to pieces and drink their blood.

The second subspecies is the Thabet-Tase, consisting of the angry spirit of woman who has died in childbirth. They feed of the sexual energies of men, especially in their sleep, and delight in trying to stop newly married couples from having any children.

The third is the Thaye-Tase, disgusting giants which spread disease, and are believed to be trapped spirits who've gone insane from being stuck between planes of existence.

Swawmx

Despite involved in much vampiric activities, A Swawmx is likely to be a Vampire Deity worshiped by the Burmese.

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What are Indian Vampires All About? ( क्या भारतीय पिशाच है सब के बारे में? )

Out of the many Vampires throughout Asia, the Vampires of India especially and particularly are among one, out of the many the most fearsome ones of Asian Vampires. Indian Vampires can be generally classified as Demigods (Half God and Half Human or Demon).

The BrahmarākŞhasa / Brahmaparusha
The first is a North Indian Vampire known as the BrahmarākŞhasa or what some called as the Brahmaparusha. This vampire had a head encircled by intestines and drinks blood through it's skull which it would always carry around.




This evil vampire enjoyed eating humans and drinks it's victim blood from the skull it carried thereafter eating the brain. After this is done, it will wrap the intestines of the victim around it's own body to perform a ritual dance.

Bhuta / Prét
Bhuta is basically a vampire ghost. This ghost is of a person who died an untimely death like execution, accident, or suicide or leaded an unholy or immoral life. Bhutas appear as flickering lights or misty apparitions that cast no shadows and linger above the ground. They appear as dark shadows, Bhutas haunt forests and empty dwellings by day and night.

Occasionally, they would enter a corpse and lead it in its ghoulish state to devour living persons. Something similar to the Bhuta would be the Brahmaparusha from northern India.

Bhutas lived around cremation grounds, old ruins and other abandoned locations, and in deserts. They can transform into owls or bats. In Indian believes, it is considered unlucky to hear the owl's hoot, possibly fatal if heard in a burial ground. Owl flesh could be used in black magic rituals.

Bhutas were the ever-present evil spirits and were considered dangerous for a wide variety of reasons. They ate filthy food and were always thirsty. They liked milk and would attack babies who had just fed. They could enter the body through various orifices and possess a person. While the Bhutas might act in a vampirish way on occasion, they generally were seen as simply malevolent beings.

Churel / Chudail / Churail Devanagari चुडेल
A Churel is ghost like vampire that is vicious and vengeful. She is very unhappy ghost ! She hates life, and keeps all her greatest spite for her relatives



Usually the case of a woman who died while pregnant during the Diwali festival or considered to be unclean at any point of time. She could be a woman who died in child birth or when menstruating. They have vile appearances, processes pendulant/ sagging breasts, unkept / untidy hair , thick ugly lips and long thick black tongues. Often, her feet are backwards.

However, she can also be very beautiful and has what it takes to charm any man and usually it is young , handsome and strong man. She keeps them as captive and drains life slowly until they become into withered old and weak men. As her death has been said to be connected with young man, she hence preys on them.

The churel usually lives near small rivers or springs. She is either seen wearing a white or a red sari, representing a widow or a bride respectively. Along with this there's also a group of people telling that a churel is a spirit with enormous power who has sacrificed herself by giving her back part of meat in some ceremony of getting powers through black magic and that they can be at times be found at the place of their death too.

Masani
Is a female vampire of India; she is said to be the spirit of the burial grounds. The Masani is black in appearance and her hunts are conducted at night, starting as she emerges from a funeral pyre. Anyone passing the burial site will be attacked.

Masan
A vampire from India said to be usually the ghost of a child that delights in tormenting and killing children. The Masan is said to be able to curse a child that walks in its shadow. It will also follow a woman home should she allow her gown drag on the ground over his shadow.

Rakshasas / Rakshasis
The Rakshasas (female is Rakshasis) the most well known vampires from the Tal. they were nocturnal wanderers of the night. They had a fearsome appearance with elongated fangs. The natural enemy of the rakshasas was Agni, the dispeller of darkness and officiator at sacrificial ritual, and people called on Agni to destroy or ward off demons.



It is a ogres or demon like vampire and viewed as a demigod by many. It lives near the cemeteries and disturbs affairs of human by the means of disrupting rituals and devotions. The most loathsome thing that of it will be the slaying of infants.

Rakshasas has a variety of froms. some are males and females, some are humanoid and some half animals.
A Deity, Hanuman, which appeared in the form of a monkey, was reported to have observed rakshasas in every imaginable shape when he entered the city of Lanka as an envoy of Ramam.

In several Indian epics such as Mahabharata and the Ramayana , Rakshasas are often being characterized. In fact, many of the deities and mythical heroes gained their reputation by slaying rakshasas.

Vetala / Vental
This Vampire is a Zombie like spirit also known as Betail and it both inhabits and animated bodies of the dead. Ventals are in many indian stories and legends the very subject of it.
This such vampire that lives in corpses leave at night searching for a prey. For as long as they are the habitat of a vampire, the corpse will remain incorruptible. The body does become monstrous looking and does not resemble the host after inhabitation.  They can be described as humanoid versions of the fruit bats that are native to the region.



Pacu Pati
A powerful vampire from India. The creature is deemed lord of all beings of mischief. It is seem at night in cemeteries and places of execution.

Baital / Baitala
A vampire from India is a half-man/half bat creature, which stands around 4ft tall.


Pisacha
A vampire from India, said to be a creature created by humanity’s vices. While it is in general an evil deity, its favorite past time being the consumption of fresh corpses, it can also cure diseases if enticed too.



Chordewa
A witch found among the Oraons, (Bengal) capable of turning her soul into a form of vampire cat. It is said that if the cat licks person’s lips that they will die soon after.

Gayal
A vampiric spirit from India. Usually created due to the death of a man who has no one to properly perform the burial rites at his funeral. When he returns the Gayal reeks his revenge upon the sons of others and upon his on relatives. The threat of a relative returning as a Gayal usually ensures that the proper funeral rites are performed.


Hahn Saburo
Living in forests of India these vampires will attempt to drive or lure travelers into the forest to attack them. They also have the ability to control dogs.

Jigarkhwar
A vampiric sorceress found in the Sind region of India. She feeds by extracting a person’s liver through a piercing stare and various incantations. The liver is then cooked on a fire and eaten, at which time the victim dies.


Kali / Kalika
Has fangs or sharp teeth and black skin. She is seen as the dark goddess and is said to control the dark creatures.  It is said she got her vampirism after having to drink the blood of Raktaviya, the King of Demons, in order to defeat him.

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Virgin Mary Weep Blood in Bangladesh

February 18, 2003 As reported in BBC News - Written by Alastair Lawson, BBC correspondent in Dhaka. Thousands of people in the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong are flocking to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Roman Catholic church where tears are reported to have been seen on a statue of the Virgin Mary. Many of those visiting the church are Muslims, eager to see what some locals believe is a sign of the Virgin's dismay over the recent outbreak of violence in the country and elsewhere in the world. Roman Catholic believers say it is the first time in Bangladesh that tears have been seen on a statue of the Virgin Mary.

In a country which is overwhelmingly Muslim, it is unusual for a symbol of the Christian faith to attract much interest. But so many people are gathering outside the Chittagong church that police have been deployed to ensure law and order is maintained. 'Inquisitive' Muslims are queuing to see the statue even though the Koran warns believers against showing an interest in religious idols. Roman Catholics in Chittagong say that most people are queuing up to see the statue because they are inquisitive.

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