Kephn

(CALF-inn)

Variations: Swamx

The Karen people of Burma fear a demonic vampire called a kephn. It is created through the use of dark or evil magic. It is described as looking like both the floating head of a wizard, dangling its stomach beneath, or as a dog-headed water demon. Both versions are always hungry for human blood and souls.

Source: Conway, Demonology and Devil-lore, 41­43; Spence, Encyclopædia of Occultism, 421; Summers, Vampire: His Kith and Kin, 224