Tikoloshe/Tokoloshe
is a mixed race of vampire and demon and considered a familiar of a powerful
witch. In some legends, a tikoloshe has
a strong association with the element of water.
Some says that by drinking water, tikoloshe can become invisible. The creature is a bit small and fat with a
receding hairline that makes it forehead looks wide. People who claimed to see the creature says
that the tikoloshe resembles a monkey.
This
vampire can also change shape and sometimes take the identity of a human, but
it maintains some of its monkey behavior.
The creature can also change into a bird to search for a prey. The tikoloshe is also known for assaulting
its victims sexually. Most of its
victims are the women of a certain villagers but they do not feed on the blood
of their victims, they suck the energy of their victim until they grown weary,
a trait which is similar to the Eastern vampires. The creature will return to the same house
every night until his victim die. A
tikoloshe would not victimize the women of a near village, it chose to shape
shift into a bird and fly a million miles to search for its prey.
According
to the stories, a tikoloshe will approach the unsuspected women in any time of
the day, usually during daylight while the woman is doing a heavy labor. He would greet the women in a very familiar
way and help her in doing heavy works, sometimes help her carry her bucket of
water or sticks that she would use for fire.
He would then demand a sexual intercourse in exchange for the help he
offered, if the victim refused, the man would revert back to his original form
and attack the prey.
On other
folklore, the tikoloshe is used by a dark magician in an act of revenge against
those whom he hold grudge against. They
said that the demon became the familiar of a witch upon signing an agreement
with a dark magician. In exchange for
the loyalty that the tikoloshe promised, the witch must give her food, shelter
and even sexual pleasure in return every time the creature demands it. On the off chance that he signed the contract
with a male magician; the warlock should give her women to satiate her cravings
for sex.
Like most
vampires, the tikoloshe is also blamed for spreading diseases and plagues. They said that when it takes the form of a
bird with a skull on its head, one scratch of its claw can give you an illness
with no known cure. Locals believe that
no magic can cure or dispel the said curse.
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