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The word dhampir is an Albanian word which in turn is borrowed from Serbo-Croat vampír or its Bulgarian equivalent. [2] The shift v > dh is a feature of Gheg Albanian, [3] [4] but it could also have been encouraged by a folk etymology, connecting it with the Albanian words dhamb 'tooth' and pir 'to drink'.
Dick (Irwin's dhampir father) (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) Dimitri Belikov (Vampire Academy) Drak, Jr. (cartoon) – Drak can be considered a dhampir since he is the great-great+ nephew of Count Dracula, and seems to be immune to vampire weaknesses. Proof of this is the fact that he is outside in the sunlight in most episodes.
Rayne, sometimes called Agent BloodRayne or simply the Dhampir, is a fictional character in the BloodRayne series of video games. Created by Terminal Reality , she is the series' titular protagonist, appearing in both games and later extended media, such as comic books and films related to the series.
Recognizing her dhampir nature as well as her skills at hunting vampires, she was recruited into the mysterious Brimstone Society via an invitation. The Brimstone Society sent her on missions to eliminate supernatural threats to the world, including those involving vampires as well as demons and unnatural apex predators.
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 ...
Rayne is a Dhampir, the product of an unnatural union between a vampire and a human: she wields all the powers of a vampire, yet none of the weaknesses. Born over a century earlier in Romania, Rayne has hunted vampires for a long time and now she sets her sights on Billy.
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.
The first issue of Dampyr, titled Il figlio del diavolo ("Devil's Son"), was published in Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore on 14 April 2000. [1] [4] [5]The series has been published in Serbia by Veseli Četvrtak and occasionally in other territories including Turkey (Oglak), Greece (Jemma Press), Slovenia (Grafart), Finland (Artic Banana), Croatia (Strip Agent), France (Clair de Lune), Germany ...