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Jaracacas - A Brazilian vampire, believed to appear in the form of a snake, it feeds on the breast of a woman while she is nursing her baby. Pushing the nursing child out of the way and silencing the child by pushing its tail into the child’s mouth do this.

Jigarkhwar - A vampiric sorceress found in the Sind region of India. She feeds by extracting a person’s liver through a piercing stare and various incantations. The liver is then cooked on a fire and eaten, at which time the victim dies.

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