-Female vampires have tails when they are turned, but the male rips the tail off while he mates with her for the first time because the female's instinct is to curl her tail up between her legs when she lays on her back.

-A female will lay 500 eggs per each mating during her heat.

-A female goes into heat every two days before and after the full moon.

-Females who are pregnate benefit more from drinking the blood of a pregnate or brand-new-mother human. After they birth, the females tend to be drawn to little children under five.

I also have some other stuff, but I can't find where I put it in all the mess of my desk...

Well, in my "reseach" or really just wasting my time on Google...i found some stuff on the different types of vampires that I thought would be useful for say...plot info!

There is ALOT...so I personally suggest random scrolling

sasabonsam: These are African vampires amongst the Ashanti peoples of Western Africa. It is humanoid in appearance, but has iron teeth. It dwells in the forest, sitting in the trees, using it's hook-shaped feet to ensnare unwary passersby.

Aswang: The Aswang most often appeared as a beautiful maiden engaging in vampyric activities at night, and leading a normal life during the day. They supposedly had an ointment that they rubbed on to give them their supernatural powers. When feeding, the Aswang would become a large bird, and land on a prospective victim's roof. It would then let down it's long pointy tongue, and prick the victim's jugular vein, sucking the blood through it's hollowed tongue. After feeding, the Aswang resembled a pregnant woman.

Asema: South American vampyre, usually pictured as an elderly person during the day, which could take off its skin, and become a blue ball of light during the night. It was in this blue light form that it would feed. Popular forms of protection against the Asema were garlic, eating herbs that would make one's blood bitter, and scattering rice or sesame seeds outside one's door, which it had to pick up before it could enter.

Baobban Sith: The Baobban Sith are evil Scottish fairies, who appear as beautiful young women(sometimes ravens or crows, as well) and will dance with men they find, being sure to keep their hooved feet hidden, until the men are exhausted, and then feed upon them.

Bas: The Bas is a spirit believe in by the Chewong people of Malaysia. The food of the bas was ruwai, which is loosely translated as soul, vitality, or life. The Bas most often hunted pigs, but were said to occasionally attack humans, if hunger-driven enough, or by accident. The most common way to keep the Bas away was to build a fire, which it saw as a sign of civilization or humanity, and it would stay away.

Brahmaparusha: These are a vampyre-like creature pictured with a head encircled with intestines, and a skull filled with blood from which it drank. They come from India.

Chiang Shih: In China there are vampyre-like creatures called Chiang Shih, which are created when a cat jumps over a dead person's corpse. They appear livid and may kill with poisonous breath in addition to draining blood. If a Chiang Shih encounters a pile of rice, it must count the grains before it can pass on. Their immaterial form is a sphere of light, much like will-o'-the-wisps.

Cihuateteo: Aztec women who died in childbirth, as well as their babies. They wandered the night and attacked children, leaving them paralyzed or diseased. Described physically a having white faces, and very chalky arms and hands. They wore the garb of Tlazolteotl, goddess of sorcery, lust, and evil.

Dearg-Du: In Ireland many druids speak of Dearg-Duls which has to be killed by building a cairn of stones upon the grave. Very little is known about the Dearg-Dul.

Ekiminu: Assyrian malignant spirits (half ghost, half vampyre) caused by improper burial. They are naturally invisible and are capable of possessing humans. They can be destroyed by using wooden weapons or by exorcism.

Kappa : They are unattractive human-like children, with greenish yellow skin, webbed fingers and toes, and somewhat like a monkey with a long nose and round eyes. They had shells like tortoises, smelled like fish, and had a concave head that held water, which, if spilled, would cause the Kappa to lose its strength. Kappas fed from the edge of water, pulling creatures in, and sucking their blood out through their anuses.

Kathakano: The Crete vampire Kathakano is much like your generic vampyre, but can only be killed by chopping of the head and boiling it in vinegar.

Lamia: The Lamia were named after Libyan Queen Lamia. They were known in ancient Greece. They were exclusively female vampires, which often appeared in half human, half animal (most often a snake and always the lower part) form. They ate the flesh of their victims as well as drinking the blood. Lamias could be attacked and killed with normal weapons.

Lamiai: Libyan Queen, daughter of Belus and Libya, whom the Lamiai were named after. These Greek demonic beings would often suck the blood of young children. They also have the power to shape-shift into beautiful young maidens, to attract and seduce young men in that form.

Langsuyar: A Malaysian woman of great beauty, who bore a stillborn child. When told of the condition of said child, she would be in great shock, and after coming out of her shock, she would clap her hands, and fly away into a nearby tree. She would then be seen every once in a while wearing a green robe, having long fingernails, and with ankle-length black hair. The hair hid an orifice in her neck with which she would suck the blood of children. To prevent a woman from becoming a Langsuyar, glass beads would be placed in her mouth to prevent banshee-like screams, eggs under her arms, and needles in her palms to prevent flying. It was supposedly possible to tame a Langsuyar. A Pontianak was the stillborn child of the Langsuyar.

Lid�rc: A Hungarian Succubus-like creature, that could appear as a person, animal, or shining light. It is said that they did not have the ability to shape-shift, but rather existed in all shapes at once, choosing which form an observer might see it in.

Loogaroo: The loogaroos are often old women, in the folklore of Haiti and other islands in the West Indies, who'd made pacts with the devil. The devil would ask for some warm blood each night, and in return, give the loogaroos magical powers. When retrieving blood, they would take their skin off, and take the form of a fiery ball of light.

Nosferatu: Nosferatu is a modern word derived from Old Slavonic word, nosufur-atu, which in turn was borrowed from the Greek nosophoros, meaning, "a plague carrier".

Mulo: This literally means, "one who is dead." A Mulo was a person who died an untimely death(suicide, accident), that might become a vampyre and search out the person or persons who caused their death. Physical appearance of Mul� is usually normal, except for a possible missing finger, animal-like appendage, or other such abnormality. The Slavic and German Gypsies often believed that vampires had no bones.

Nora: The Nora was Hungarian. It is a small bald humanoid, that would move around on all fours, and was claimed to be invisible. They would attack by jumping on his victim, and sucking on their breasts.

Obur: The Obur was Bulgarian. The obur was a gluttonous blood drinker, and was also very loud, capable of creating noises not unlike that of a firecracker, and had the ability to move objects like a poltergeist.

Pelesit: Malaysian vampyric being that took on the form of a house cricket. If someone was being attacked by a Polong, the pelesit generally accompanied it. The Pelesit would arrive before the Polong, enter the victim's body, and prepare the way for the Polong.

Penanggalan: They Penanggalan were all female, and their heads were separated from their bodies, and their intestines dangled down. She would live in a tree, and fly from house to house, sucking the blood of children just being born, and sometimes even their mothers.

Pisachas: These creatures originate from India, and the word means literally, "eaters of raw flesh." They're hideous in appearance, bloodthirsty, and repellant. They're supposedly products of the anger of the deity Brahma.

Polong: A very small Malaysian female (1 inch tall), which was believed to be a witch's familiar. In return for daily blood from the witch, the Polong would do many tasks, including attacking the witch's enemies.

Pontianak: A Malaysian Langsuyar's stillborn child. It was believed to take the form of a night owl. To prevent a deceased baby from becoming a Pontianak, it was treated the same as the Langsuyar.

Rakshasa: This vampyre is from India. They were often described as ogres or demons who would live in cemeteries, disrupt rituals, and interrupt devotions. The slaying of infants was a common pastime of the Rakshasa. The Rakshasa would take on a half breed form, half humanoid, half animal.

Redcaps: The Redcaps are from Scotland. The Redcap was a malignant spirit who haunted abandoned castles and other places where violence had occurred. If one slept in a spot haunted by the redcap, it would attempt to dip its cap in human blood. It could easily be driven off with a word from the Bible or a cross.

Strigoi: This is the major Romanian vampyre. The Strigoi is a live vampyre, and the Strigoi Mort a dead vampyre. There's also the Strigoi Vii, whom are witches destined to become vampires after death. The Strigoi was discovered by an unusual occurrence either at their birth or death, and a living Strigoi was a person who was born with either a caul or a little tail. A Strigoi Vii may become a Strigoi Mort, as well as other people who died irregularly, such as by suicide or an accident.

Succubus/Incubus: This is a race in Europe that is sometimes considered a vampyric race. The way they feed is by having sexual relations with the victim, exhausting them and, then feeding on the energy released during sex. They may enter homes uninvited and can take on the appearance of other persons. They will often visit the same victim more than once. The victim of a Succubus will experience the visits as dreams. The male version of a Succubus is an Incubus.

Sukuyan: These vampires are from Trinidad. It would leave its skin at night, and travel as a blue ball of light in search of blood. If caught, a sukuyan would undergo a transformation into an animal, and without its skin would be unable to resume humanoid form.

Tenatz: From Montenegro, these were supposedly the bodies of deceased people taken over by spirits. They would roam around at night, and suck sleeping people's blood. They would change into mice to enter and exit their gravesite.

Tlahuelpuchi: Aztecan person, usually female, which supposedly had the ability to shape-shift into various animals and attack people, most often infants, and suck their blood. The most common was to change into a turkey, but dogs, cats, and buzzards.

Upierczi: These vampires are from Poland and Russia. They have a sting under the tongue instead of the fangs. They are active from noon to midnight and can only be destroyed by burning. When burned, the body will burst, giving rise to hundreds of small, disgusting animals (maggots, rats, etc.). If any of these creatures escape then the Upierczi's spirit will escape too, and will return to seek revenge.

Ustrel:This is a Bulgarian vampyre, who was a child that had been born on a Saturday, and died before baptism. On the ninth day of its burial, an Ustrel was believed to rise from its grave, and attack local sheep and cattle, draining their blood. If an Ustrel was attacking a community's livestock, one could hire a vampirdzhija, or vampire hunter. This person had an ability to see the Ustrels, and could detect whether or not there was an Ustrel in the community(sounds like a good scam to me).

Vetala: This Indian vampyre spirit is also known as the Betail. It is said that they inhabited and animated the bodies of the dead. Vetalas are the subject for many Indian stories and legends, but I myself had a bit of trouble finding more information on them.

Vrykolakas: Vrykolakas(Greek) is pretty much interchangeable with Lampir(Bosnian), Vurvulak(Albanian), Upirina(Serbo-Croatian), and Vukodlak(Croatian). It was basically just an evil being amongst the Southern Slavs that attacked people at night, and it is said that there was one for every Slavic clan.

Yara-ma-yha-who: In Aboriginal cultures in Australia, there existed the Yara-ma-yha-who, a vampyre-like being who was described as a small red man, about 4 ft tall, with no teeth, an exceptionally large head and mouth, and having the tips of its fingers and toes shaped like that of an octopus'. It was said to drop down from trees and drain people of blood with their fingers and toes, leaving them weak and helpless, and would come back later to swallow them whole.

I mainly base my vampire lore around more Bram Stoker's Dracula; the aristocratic vampire basically.

sorry, the vampire lore I presented is of my version of vampries. I'll tell more in another post of REAL known lore. :)

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