Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [1] [2] the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla.
The Blow Vampire (1706 Kadam, Bohemia) Blutsauger (Germany) – Variant: Blutsäuger; Boo Hag (America) Boraro – Colombian folklore; Brahmaparush (India) Breslan Vampire (17th Century Breslau, Poland) Bruja (Spain and Central America) Bruxa (Portugal) – Males being called Bruxo; the Buckinghamshire Vampire (1196 Buckinghamshire, England)
Jeanette Voerman is a vampire in the 2004 video game action role-playing video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, developed by Troika Games and based on White Wolf Publishing's Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game. Acting as co-Barons of Santa Monica within the vampire society, [12] they are actively
Like vampires, Visayan folklore creatures, and aswangs, manananggals are also said to abhor garlic, salt and holy water. [5] They were also known to avoid daggers, light, vinegar, spices and the tail of a stingray, which can be fashioned as a whip. [3] Folklore of similar creatures can be found in the neighbouring nations of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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'.
Rosemarie Hathaway (Vampire Academy) Tristan Toralba (La Luna Sangre) – She is a vampire hybrid from a human (Luna member) and a female Vampire. Vampira (Drak Pack) – Like Drak, Jr., Vampira is often outside in the sun, despite also being a vampiress.
Cornelia Amiri is the author of the Dancing Vampire romance series of six novellas: Dance of the Vampires, Vampire Highland Fling, A Bonnie Vampire Dancer, Vampire Waltz, Valkyrie Vampire Sword Dancing, and Some Vampires Shimmy. The series is about seven baobhan sith sisters and each book features a different sister as they fall in love.
Eilistraee, also referred to as "The Dark Maiden", is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.In the game world, she is a goddess in the drow pantheon, and her portfolios are song, dance, swordwork, hunting, moonlight and beauty.