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12-19-2003, 03:24 PM
A name given to a female vampire or werewolf in Surinam Negro folk belief. She transforms from human to animal form at night and travels around drinking human blood. According to belief the best way to stop her is by sprinkling grains or seeds about, when seeing them she has a compulsion to stop to count them and gather them up. Another way of stopping her is by propping a broom, which she won't cross, against a door
This is a rare example of a creature that actually is capable of appearing in the form of a bat or other animal. Fortunately the "azeman" is restricted to certain regions of north-eastern South America, especially the part once known as Surinam or Dutch Guyana. The "azeman" is invariably a woman, who has been infected with vampirism by the blood contact of another "azeman". During the day she appears to be perfectly normal, but after dark she changes into a bat and flies around the village in search of a prey.
In normal vampire bat style, she seeks for a sleeper whose foot is exposed, and with exquisite care uses her fangs to scrape away a fragment of flesh from the big toe. When the blood trickels, she laps it up until she is engorged, nad flaps heavily back to her own hut. In the morning, her victim is drained and weak.
There have been claims that the azeman is also a werewolf as she is capable of also taking on the form of a wolf but she is not restricted to bat and wolves and can take on any animal form at night. Preferred hunting methods by this creature are as stated above in the bat form.
This is a rare example of a creature that actually is capable of appearing in the form of a bat or other animal. Fortunately the "azeman" is restricted to certain regions of north-eastern South America, especially the part once known as Surinam or Dutch Guyana. The "azeman" is invariably a woman, who has been infected with vampirism by the blood contact of another "azeman". During the day she appears to be perfectly normal, but after dark she changes into a bat and flies around the village in search of a prey.
In normal vampire bat style, she seeks for a sleeper whose foot is exposed, and with exquisite care uses her fangs to scrape away a fragment of flesh from the big toe. When the blood trickels, she laps it up until she is engorged, nad flaps heavily back to her own hut. In the morning, her victim is drained and weak.
There have been claims that the azeman is also a werewolf as she is capable of also taking on the form of a wolf but she is not restricted to bat and wolves and can take on any animal form at night. Preferred hunting methods by this creature are as stated above in the bat form.