Traditional Vampirism

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No: HPFGUIDX 88802

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arcum42" <Arcum_Dagsson at c...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, An'nai Jiriki 
<xmezumiiru at y...>
> wrot
> > 
> > Japan and China have a good vampire tale, but I forget
> > it. Does anyone else know of it?
> 
> I think you are thinking of gaki. Most of my information is 2nd
> and 3rd hand, but here's what I recall. Gaki are spirits of those
> who were greedy in life, and are condemned to wander the 
> earth filled with insatiable hunger. There are several 
> harmless types of gaki (tea gaki, for example), but you'd
> likely be thinking of blood, soul, or flesh gaki.
> 
> Blood gaki are more traditional vampires, killed by a
> stake through the heart. The flesh gaki rip flesh from
> their victims and eat it. Soul gaki are the scariest of the 
> bunch. They can travel in the form of a black cloud or 
> their previous victims, and basically envelop you and 
> eat your soul.
> 
> None of them seem to have problems with light, IIRC...
> 
> --Arcum

I remember a  japanese tale about a creature with vampire powers. By 
day, it looked like a beautiful young woman. By night, the beautiful 
young woman turned into a cat and sucked the blood of her lover.
No, no, no; I'm not pretending Crookshanks, Ginny, Hermione, figgy 
or Mc Gonnagall are potentially vampires!

One tiny Knut

Iris