nounevil, devilish being or influence. Archfiend. Satan. beast. brute.
Medical Definition
vampirism. noun. vam·pir·ism -ˌpī(ə)r-ˌiz-əm.
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Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1579–1656) 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. He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock.
A sourdre de sang is a Master vampire so powerful that he or she can begin his or her own bloodline or "family" of vampires. Becoming a Master is innate to each particular vampire and regardless of age.
Related terms
vampira (“vampiric”) vampiro (“vampire”)
In Balkans folklore, a dhampir (Albanian pronunciation: [ðamˈpir]) is a mythical creature that is the result of a union between a vampire and a human. This union was usually between male vampires and female humans, with stories of female vampires mating with male humans being rare.
It has become normal, in translating vampire movies and the like into Greek, to translate "vampire" as "vrykolakas".
The word in Italian for that demonic character that drinks the blood of the living by biting their necks is vampiro (masculine, plural: vampiri). Like the English equivalent vampire, it entered the language via French from the Hungarian vampir.
Type One vampires are the rarest and most powerful type of vampires. They are human-like in appearance but have two fangs and sometimes, their eyes glow. They possess great strength and speed, an incredibly long lifespan and the ability to hypnotize their victims with their eyes.
The dirge is easily the rarest form of vampiric creature and indeed may be the least-documented undead being known to exist.
Noun. vampiress (plural vampiresses) A female vampire.
In German folklore, a nachzehrer (also spelt nachtzehrer) is a sort of vampire. The word nachzehrer translates to "after (nach) living off (zehren)" likely alluding to their living after death or living off humans after death in addition to the choice of "nach" for "after" which is similar to "nacht" ("night").
[ˈvæmpaɪəʳ ] Zoology) vampiro m. figurative) vampiro m. (= woman) vampiresa f.
The Royal Vampire is sophisticated and manipulative, befitting his status as a leader of the secretive vampire community. He considers vampires to be a higher class of being and the natural "ruler" over cattle - humans.
Japan has no native legends about vampires. However some Japanese mythical creatures bear some similarities to vampires, such as the Nure-onna who is a snake-like woman that feasts on human blood. Japanese vampires made their first appearances in the cinema of Japan during the late 1950s.
Real vampires, on the other hand, believe that their physical, mental, and emotional health will deteriorate if they don't feed—either on blood or on energy. There are three types of real vampires: sanguinarian, psychic, and hybrids. Sanguinarians feed on very small amounts of human blood, generally just a few drops.
After the quest Awakening and discovering Castle Volkihar, the current lord of vampires, Harkon, offers you the gift of immortality: his blood.
Count Dracula, called the Vampire King in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker as well as the Vampire Hunter D series. Alucard (Hellsing), depicted as Count Dracula in the Hellsing series. Playboi Carti, a rapper who uses the moniker King Vamp and has a song of the same name.
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With his foreboding gaze, talon-like nails and sharp pointy teeth, the hunchback Count Orlok was fuel for nightmares when he appeared in the 1922 silent German Expressionist Horror picture Nosferatu, bringing darkness and mayhem to the fictional town of Wisborg.