Lord Byron introduced many common elements of the vampire theme to Western literature in his epic poem The Giaour (1813). These include the combination of horror and lust that the vampire feels and the concept of the undead passing its inheritance to the living. John Polidori authored the first "true" vampire story called The Vampyre. Polidori was the personal physician of Lord Byron and the vampire of the story, Lord Ruthven, is based partly on him — making the character the fir ...

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Lord Byron introduced many common elements of the vampire theme to Western literature in his epic poem The Giaour (1813). These include the combination of horror and lust that the vampire feels and the concept of the undead passing its inheritance to the living. John Polidori authored the first "true" vampire story called The Vampyre. Polidori was the personal physician of Lord Byron and the vampire of the story, Lord Ruthven, is based partly on him — making the character the first of our now familiar romantic vampires. The story is so ...

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Vampires have been a film staple since the silent days. The Vampire (film) (1913, directed by Robert G. Vignola), also co-written by Vignola, is the earliest vampire film. The landmark Nosferatu (1922 Germany, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau) was an unlicensed version of Dracula based so closely on Bram Stoker's Dracula, the estate sued and won, with all copies being destroyed. (It would be painstakingly restored in 1994 by a team of European scholars from the five surviving prints.) By 2005, Dracula had been the s ...

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For treatments of the vampire legend in fiction, see Vampire fiction. Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy), often having unnatural powers, heightened bodily functions, and/or the ability to physically transform. Some cultures have myths of non-human vampires, such as demons or animals like bats, dogs, and spiders. Vampires are often described as having a variety of additional powers and character traits, extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject ...

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Video game series featuring vampires primarily use Dracula or Dracula-inspired characters (such as the appearance in Conker's Bad Fur Day). Konami's Castlevania series is the longest running series which uses the Dracula legend, though its writers have made their own alterations to the legend. An exception to this trend is the Legacy of Kain video game series, which features vampires set ...

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It seems that until the 19th century, vampires in Europe were thought to be hideous monsters rather than the debonair, aristocratic vampire made popular by later fictional treatments. They were usually believed to rise from the bodies of suicide victims, criminals, or evil sorcerers, though in some cases an initial vampire thus "born of sin" could pass his vampirism onto his innocent victims. In other cases, however, a victim of a cruel, untimely, or violent death was susceptible to becoming a vampire. Most of the European vampire myths have Slavic and/or Romanian origins. ...

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Vampire - Pathology and vampirism. Some people argue that vampire stories might have been influenced by a rare illness called porphyria. The disease disrupts the production of heme. People with extreme but rare cases of this hereditary disease can be so sensitive to sunlight that they can get a sunburn through heavy cloud cover, causing them to avoid sunlight — although it should be noted that the idea that vampires are harmed by sunlight is largely from modern fiction and not the original beliefs. Certain form ...

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A vampire hunter is someone who specializes in finding and destroying vampires and sometimes other creatures of dark fantasy as well. Vampire hunter - General. There is no direct evidence that vampire hunters actually existed during the times when vampire lore was common among the Slavic and Romanian people. However, the vampire hunter has found popularity in fiction and popular culture. The most widely known example of a vampire hunter is Abraham Van Helsing of the novel Dracula and i ...

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Werewolves in fiction can have many different characteristics. While many stories describe lycanthropy as a disease or curse, and werewolves as killers, others treat werewolves as a fantasy race. Werewolf fiction is dominated by portrayals of men cursed to become wolves or wolfmen during the full moon (see werewolf). The process of transmogrification is portrayed in many films and works of literature to be painful. The resulting wolf is typically cunning but merciless, and prone to killing and eating people without compunction ...

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A ghoul is said to be a monster from Persian folklore that feeds on human flesh. The English word comes from the Persian name for the creature: الغول ghūl. The Arabian ghoul taken from the original Persian is a desert-dwelling, shapeshifting demon that can assume the guise of an animal, especially a hyæna. It lures unwary travellers into the desert wastes to slay and devour them. The creature also preys on young children and robs graves to eat the dead. Because of the latter habit, the word ghoul is sometimes used to refer to an ordinary human grave robb ...

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Barbara Hambly (August 28, 1951 – ) is an American fantasy author. Barbara Hambly - Biography. She was born in San Diego, California and grew up in Montclair, California and has an older sister Mary and younger brother Ed. She went to the University of California at Riverside, earning a Masters degree in Medieval History in 1975. She spent a year in Bordeaux, France as part of her studies. Her first novel to be published was Time of the Dark by Del Rey in 1982. She has been, at various times ...

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The vampire lifestyle (or vampyre lifestyle) is a number of customs and beliefs followed (in various fashions and to different degrees) by a subculture of people who are attracted to contemporary vampire lore and seek to emulate it. Members of the subculture (vampirists) often prefer the spelling vampyre to distinguish themselves from the "fictional" vampire while simultaneously lending a Gothic or Victorian flair to their activities, yet it must be taken into consideration that not all the members o ...

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Akasha is the name of the title character in Anne Rice's novel The Queen of the Damned. In Rice's fictional vampire universe, Akasha is the very first vampire created. As told in the novel, Akasha was originally a Queen in Kemet, she and her King Enkil wanted their people to turn away from their cannibalistic ways. She was fascinated by the spirits of the supernatural, calling the "red haired witch sisters" Maharet and Mekare to her court to commune with the spirits. Amel is a spirit that frequently fed and communicated with the sist ...

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The Assamites are a fictional clan of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. The Assamites are a group of skilled, select assassins who often commit contract killings in exchange for the blood of other vampires. Even when compared to other vampires, the Assamite appear overly obsessed with blood, due to a clan weakness which caus ...

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Embrace could refer to: Embrace, a United States band. Embrace, a British band. Embrace, a novel by Mark Behr. The word embrace in the English language can mean to hug or to include. In vampire fiction: The process by which a human is changed into a vampire. The most common method is draining a human to the point of death, and then feeding him/her some of the vampire's own blood. ...

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The Tzimisce (pronounced Zhi-mee-see) are a fictional clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's books and role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages. The Tzimisce do not consider themselves to be human; in general they think of themselves as blessed with a superior status. They are obsessed with their birthplaces and graves; they almost always carry around some of their "sacred" soil (on which they must ...

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Camarilla may refer to: Camarilla, which is an unofficial group of courtiers or favorites surrounding and influencing a king or ruler Camarilla, either of two such groups prominent in German history The Camarilla, a fictional society or sect of vampires in the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, created by the fantasy and horror publisher White Wolf Game Studio The Camarilla, the official fanclub of this game studio Other related archive

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A werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who changes into a wolf, either by purposefully using magic or by being placed under a curse. The medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury associated the transformation with the appearance of the full moon, but this concept was rarely associated with the werewolf until the idea was picked up by modern fiction writers. Most modern references agree that a werewolf can be killed if shot by a silver bullet, although this is more a reflection of fiction's influence than an authentic feature of ...

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The Count Saint-Germain is a fictional character from a series of novels written by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The character was inspired by an actual historical Count Saint-Germain, a mysterious figure in 18th century France. The fictional Saint-Germain is a vampire who was born approximately 3000 years ago in the region that is now Transylvania. He spent much of his early existence in Egypt but eventually began travelling the world. The novels have described periods when Saint-Germain has resided in the Roman Empire during Nero's ...

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