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Jure Grando (Croatia) first real person described as a vampire in historical records; Ghoul (Arabic lore) – "The Arabic stories of the ghole spread east and were adopted by the people of the Orient, where it evolved as a type of vampiric spirit called a ghoul."
Ukrainian folklore also described vampires as having red faces and tiny tails. [60] During cholera epidemics in the 19th century, there were cases of people being burned alive by their neighbors on charges of being vampires. [54] [61] In South Slavic folklore, a vampire was believed to pass through several distinct stages in its development ...
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]
That said, there certainly are people who consider themselves vampires. And, yes, they drink blood. There are energy vampires as well, like Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), the emotionally-draining ...
The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive.
Vampire pumpkins and watermelons are a folk legend from the Balkans, in southeastern Europe, described by ethnologist Tatomir Vukanović.The story is associated with the Romani people of the region, from whom much of traditional vampire folklore originated.
The penanggalan or penanggal is a nocturnal vampiric entity from Malay ghost myths. It takes the form of a floating disembodied woman's head, with its organs and entrails trailing from its neck. From afar, the penanggalan is said to twinkle like a ball of flame, similar to the will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon.
The Palis is a type of vampiric creature that lives in the desert according to Arabic and Persian folklore. [1] It is known for its thirst for blood and its ability to drain blood from sleeping people by licking the soles of their feet. [2] [3] [4]