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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]
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."
A number of “vampire viruses” have been discovered in soil samples in Maryland and Missouri for the first time.. The existence of the eerily-nicknamed viruses has been known to researchers for ...
It wiped out a large percentage of humanity, along with the elves and several other species that had been secretly coexisting. Other species unaffected by the virus, such as witches, vampires, and werewolves, soon equaled humanity's depleted numbers and began living openly. Tomatoes are still feared and shunned by humans throughout the series.
Get the best male and female vampire names. Choose a famous vampire name from a movie, TV show or book, or go with an old and gothic name from history. 141 vampire names from famous movies, TV ...
The “vampire,” christened Zosia by experts, was only 18 years old at her time of death, around 350 years ago. The 18-year-old was only one of around 100 skeletons that were found in a field ...
This is a list of vampires found in literary fiction; film and television; comics and manga; video games and board games; musical theatre, opera and theatre; and originating in folklore or mythology. It does not include the concept of dhampirs .
Famous vampires in pop culture. Bela Lugosi’s “Dracula” essentially set the bar for all other vampire movies. The black-and-white movie established Dracula as a wealthy, debonair vampire ...