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In Balkan folklore, a dhampir (Albanian pronunciation:) is a mythical creature that is the result of a union between a vampire and a human. This union was usually between male vampires and female humans, with stories of female vampires mating with male humans being rare. [1]
Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1578–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. [1] He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock. [2]
Tales of the undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. [3] Today these entities are predominantly known as vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was ...
Get your turtlenecks ready, it's time to talk vampires. If you're fascinated by creatures of the night, the kind that prey on human blood, you aren't alone.From dressing up in vampire costumes on ...
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu.It is one of the earliest works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. . First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [1] [2] the story is narrated by a young woman who is preyed upon by a female vampire named "Carmil
Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), inspired by a story told to him by Lord Byron.
On the anniversary of Dracula's publishing, we look back at other epistolary horror novels, from Frankenstein to Carrie to World War Z and beyond. The post DRACULA and 15 Other Epistolary Horror ...
Long before "Twilight" put Jacob on the map, werewolves have been the subject of countless movies, books and monster tales.. In fact, much like ghosts, witches and vampires, the werewolf has been ...