THE CONCORDANCE

blood

6 records across 6 traditions carry this current.

Africa & the Middle East · 1

AdzeNight visitor · Ghana · TogoA being of Ewe folklore sometimes described as taking the form of a firefly, and in some accounts troubling a household after it has been let inside.

Eastern Europe · 2

StrigoiUndead · RomaniaIn Romanian folklore a strigoi may be a living person whose soul wanders at night, or a dead revenant who returns to trouble family and herd. Distinct from the Polish strzyga and from literary Dracula.UpyrRevenant · Eastern EuropeA Slavic term for a dangerous returning dead figure, often associated with improper burial or an unclean death. Later vampire fiction borrows the word but should not overwrite older regional meanings.

Europe & the North · 2

Baobhan SìthFae · ScotlandFemale Highland fairies who appear as beautiful dancers and drain the blood of hunters. They belong to Gaelic sìth tradition, not to the Irish banshee and not to literary vampires.RedcapNight visitor · Scotland · Northern EnglandA murderous goblin of Anglo-Scottish border castles, said to dye his cap in blood. Associated with ruined strongholds and violent histories rather than gentle household brownie lore.

The Americas · 1

SoucouyantShapeshifter · Trinidad and Tobago · Latin AmericaA Creole and African-diaspora night figure of Trinidad and the wider Caribbean: by day an ordinary neighbour, by night a skin-shedder who travels as fire and takes blood. Not a generic European vampire; salt, rice-counting, and dawn belong to this tradition’s own logic.