Let’s travel to the wilderness of Mexico and Guatemala. Here, they tell myths of a particularly ferocious, and yet environmentally friendly vampire called the Chorti. (Not to be mistaken with the Ch’orti’ who are indigenous Maya peoples in Guatemala an Hondorus). The Chorti are wild men who live in various wildernesses of the world. They…
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Asanbosam and Sasabonsam
In Ghana and Togo, on the continent of Africa, the Ashanti people have a fascinating and complex mythology full of colorful stories of all sorts, which includes legends and folklore of vampires. The Ashanti myths have various types of demons and monsters. One type of vampire is the Obayifo vampire, or living-vampire controlled by a…