Lobishomen

(Low-biz-SHOW-men)

Variations: Loberia (feminine), Lobishumen

In Brazil there is a vampiric creature called a lobishomen, which is created through the use of witchcraft or is born through an incestuous relationship. It is one of the smallest types of vampires, standing only two inches tall. It has black teeth, bloodless lips, a hunched back, yellowish skin, a white beard, and the overall appearance of a monkey. It prefers to feed off sleeping women and will have a group of several that it will rotate through. It seldom kills its victims, taking a survivable amount of blood from each and letting enough time pass between feedings so that she can fully recuperate. Eventually, overuse will cause the women to become nymphomaniacs.

The lobishomen can shape-shift into small animals, but it should not be confused with the lobishomen of Portugal, which is a race of werewolves.

Source: Critchfield, Villages, 348; Folklore Society, Folklore Record, vol. 3, 143­44; Knowles, Nineteenth Century and After, 78; Woodward, Werewolf Delusion