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  2. List of vampiric creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786444526. Spence, Lewis (1960) An Encyclopaedia of Occultism University Books Inc. New Hyde Park, New York; The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63

  3. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Vampire - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Are vampires real? Here's what the experts say - AOL

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    Everything to know on the history, origins and mythology of vampires according to the experts. Plus, where to find vampires in real life - if they even exist.

  6. More 'disease' than 'Dracula' – how the vampire myth was born

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    Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren't in the original vampire myths. Archive Photos/ Moviepix via Getty ImagesThe vampire is a common image in today’s pop ...

  7. List of vampires - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Upiór - Wikipedia

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    The ubir (Chuvash: Вупăр (Vupăr) or Вупкăн (Vupkăn), Tatar: Убыр, Turkish: Ubır) of Turkic mythology is a mythological or folkloric being very similar to the Slavic upiór. Ubirs subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether it is an undead person or being.

  9. List of legendary creatures (V) - Wikipedia

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    Vampire – Reanimated corpse that feeds on blood; Vanara – Human-ape hybrid; Vântoase – Female weather spirit; Varaha (Hindu mythology) – Third Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a boar; Vârcolac – Vampire or werewolf; Vardøger (Scandinavian) – Ghostly double