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Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1578–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. [1] He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock. [2]
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.
Based on Vlad the Impaler, the real-life Romanian prince with a thirst for bloody warfare, Stoker's Count Dracula is a far cry from Byron's sexy, womanizing vampire.
Jure Grando (Croatia) first real person described as a vampire in historical records Ghoul (Arabic lore) – "The Arabic stories of the ghole spread east and were adopted by the people of the Orient, where it evolved as a type of vampiric spirit called a ghoul."
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 ...
The “vampire,” christened Zosia by experts, was only 18 years old at her time of death, around 350 years ago. The 18-year-old was only one of around 100 skeletons that were found in a field ...
The Lafayette Vampire gravesite can be found in the north-central edge of the Lafayette Cemetery at 111th and Baseline, about 20 feet south of the City Park road and 70 feet east of 111th. See 40°0′5.019″N 105°5′33.8″W / 40.00139417°N 105.092722°W / 40.00139417; -105.
Real or imaginary, one thing's for sure, werewolves are likely here to stay. "We’re never gonna stop telling werewolf tales," Wood says. "It’s just a part of us.