Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology by Theresa Bane

Author:Theresa Bane [Bane, Theresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 0786444525
Published: 2010-05-19T19:07:20+00:00

Variations: Oupire (“bloodsucker”)

magical elixir made of fruit and vegetable juices,

In Poland any child who is born with a caul and

to shape- shift into various animal forms in which

teeth but dies soon after birth will rise up as a

it will adopt to kill people as well.

vampiric REVENANT called an ohyn. While in its

The Ashanti’s neighboring tribe, the Da-

grave it will chew upon its own body until it is

homean, calls its version of the OBAYIFO an ASI-

able to escape. Described as looking like a red in-

MAN.

fant, the ohyn will set out initially to attack all of Source: Bryant, Handbook of Death, 99; Field, Search for Security, 35, 234–36; Stefoff, Vampires, Zombies, and its family members before seeking out other prey.

Shape- Shifters, 17; Williams, Voodoos and Obeahs, 120–

It hunts at night from dark places, utilizing sur-

33

prise. Although very strong, an ohyn’s legs are un-

derdeveloped and therefore it cannot walk or run.

Obour (Oh-

However, it can levitate three or four feet off the

BOUR)

ground and can also fly just a little bit faster than Variations: Opiri, Opyri, Oupir

a person can run. An ohyn can be destroyed only

In Bulgaria, there is a vampire called an obour

by direct exposure to the sun for a prolonged pe-

that starts its reign of terror as a vampiric spirit riod of time or by pulling out all of its teeth.

and then develops into a vampiric REVENANT. It

Source: Bunson, Encyclopedia of Vampires, 241; Point is created when a person is murdered and his

Park College, Keystone Folklore Quarterly, vol. 17, 125; spirit leaves the body suddenly and then tries to

Senn, Werewolf and Vampire in Romania, 66

return, but the body is already deceased. Nine

days after the body is buried, the spirit leaves the Onoscèles (Oh-grave looking like a

NOS- ah- clees)

CORPSE CANDLE (a ball of

light) and roams the community using its teleki-

The onoscèles is a vampiric creature from the

netic ability to cause mischief. For 40 days it will Greek islands that is described as looking like a

harass whomever it can by biting into the udders

beautiful woman with one leg ending in a mule-

of cows to drink blood and milk, causing shad-

like hoof (see GREEK VAMPIRES). It lures men

ows to move independently and look as if they

into secluded places so that it can attack them

are doing lewd things, making loud noises,

and consume their blood, flesh, and sperm. It

smearing feces on holy artifacts and walls, or any

lives near the water and has the ability to shape-

number of minor acts of vandalism. If the obour

shift into water. The onoscèles is repelled by the

becomes too troublesome or dangerous, a

root of a plant whose name has been lost to his-

tory.

DJADADJII can be hired to bottle (see BOTTLING)

and destroy it.

Source: Cunningham, Synagoge, 355

After 40 days have passed, the body of the

obour rises up from its grave, looking exactly as

Opachina (Oh- pa- CHEE- na)

it did in life except that it has only one nostril.

In the Rhodope Mountains, opachina is the re-Once it has risen, it will usually leave the area

gional word that is used to describe a vampire.

and try to reestablish itself in another location.

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