In our second themed episode, we discuss vampiric women from various folklores including Hungarian, Albanian, Jewish, Irish, Haitian, and Filipino folklore!
Sources:
Báthory Erzsébet:
Shtriga:
A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology and Folk Culture By Robert Elsie
Ask me anything about monstersby Louis Phillips, 1997
Folktales from Albania
Estries:
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism: Second Edition By Geoffrey W. Dennis
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undeadby J. Gordon Melton
Baobhan Sith:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baobhan_sith
https://gods-goddess.fandom.com/wiki/Baobhan_sith
Soucouyant:
The Things that Fly in the Night: Female Vampires in Literature and Folklore of the Circum-Caribbean and the African Diasporaby Giselle Liza Anatol
Aswang:
“Belief in Ghouls in Contemporary Philippine Society” by Maximo Ramos
“The Aswang Syncrasy in Philippine Folklore” by Maximo Ramos
