What is a Vampire

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Vampires

• What is a Vampire
• Who was the Real Dracula
• Different Types of Vampires
• Bibliography

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What is a Vampire

• In folklore the vampire is known as the undead
  who come to life during the night. With the
  ability to change its form, such as a bat, the
  vampire preys upon humans for their blood.

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Who was the Real Dracula

• Vlad Tepes Dracula or Vlad the impaler was the
  inspiration of Bram Stokers Dracula. Prince
  Vlad was once the ruler of the country known now
  as Romania until his death in 1476. During
  Vlads rule he would impale his enemies as means
  of torture. For his actions the title tepes
  meaning impaler in Romanian, was given to Vlad.
  Dracula, another title meaning son of the
  dragon was given to him on

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Dracula Continued

• Behalf of his father. Vlads father, also named
  Vlad, was involved with a group known as Order
  of the Dragon an order formed by the Holy Roman
  Emperor Sigismund for the purpose of defeating
  the Turks. ((Jeanne Kalogridis). Vlads father
  went by the name of Dracul meaning dragonor
  devil. Hence the diminutive -a on his sons
  name, Dracula. (Jeanne Kalogridis). As Vlad
  Tepes continued his tortures, his name became
  more interpreted as son of the devil.

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Different Types of Vampires

• Algul An Arabic vampire. Whose name translated
  means horse leech or a bloodsucking jinn.
  Traditionally a female demon who fed upon dead
  babies and lived in cemeteries.
• Chordewa A witch found among the Oraous. This
  witch is able to transform her soul into a
  vampire cat. It is said that if the cat licked a
  person on the lips, that person will die soon
  after.
• Kasha A Japanese vampire that eats the dead by
  removing the corpses from the grave or prior to
  cremation.
• Succubus A female vampire that visits men at
  night to torment their dreams and to engage them
  in sexual pleasure. The succubus could render a
  victim totally exhausted in its pursuit of carnal
  pleasure.

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Bibliography

• Encarta Online. http//encarta.msn.com/EncartaH
  ome.asp
• Egnarts. Egnarts Vortex. Toxic Wheelbarrow
  Publishing, 1997. www.csn.ul.ie/egnarts/vampire
• Kalogridis, Jeanne. The Diaries of the Family
  Dracul. www.opa.com/vampire