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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
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 ...
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.
Penanggalan – A vampire akin to Manananggal from the Malay peninsula; Leyak – Similar creature from Balinese mythology; Philippine mythology; Soucouyant – a Caribbean blood-sucking hag; Tiyanak – Blood-sucking creature in a form of a baby that turns into what is known to be the child of the devil
It is the corrupt form of the West Slavic word volkodlak (Russian: волкодлак), meaning literally 'wolf-fur' or 'wolf-hide', denoting someone "wearing" a wolf's skin, a werewolf. [3] Other sources suggest that Pushkin borrowed and adapted the word from Lord Byron 's " The Giaour ", which contains a footnote claiming that the Greek word ...
The modern word "vampire" derives from the Old Slavic language and Turkic form онпыр (onpyr), with the addition of the sound "v" before a large nasal vowel (on), characteristic of Old Bulgarian, as evidenced by the traditional Bulgarian form впир (vpir). (other names: onpyr, vopir, vpir, upir, upierz.) [2]
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
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 .