Who is the oldest vampire in the world?

The oldest vampire is Sekhmet. She was a warrior goddess in ancient Egypt.
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How old are the ancient vampires?

It's depends. To a 100 yr old vampire, a 300-600 yr vampire is old but a 700-1000 is considered ancient.
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When was the first vampire found?

Vampires properly originating in folklore were widely reported from Eastern Europe in the late 17th and 18th centuries. These tales formed the basis of the vampire legend that later entered Germany and England, where they were subsequently embellished and popularized.
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Who is the father of the first vampire?

As the father of the Original Vampires, he was the oldest and one of the most powerful vampires in the TVD universe. Mikael was the husband of Esther. He was the father of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Kol, Rebekah and Henrik and step-father of Klaus.
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Who is the first real vampire?

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.
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The History of Vampires BEFORE Dracula



Where can we find vampire?

Transylvania, Romania

This region in central Romania is inextricably linked to vampires. The town of Sighisoara was the supposed birthplace of Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Who is the best vampire?

20 Best Vampires (That Aren't Dracula)
  1. 1 Blade (Blade)
  2. 2 Lestat De Lioncourt (The Vampire Chronicles) ...
  3. 3 The Countess (American Horror Story: Hotel) ...
  4. 4 David (The Lost Boys) ...
  5. 5 Akasha (Queen Of The Damned) ...
  6. 6 Jerry Dandridge (Fright Night) ...
  7. 7 Marceline The Vampire Queen (Adventure Time) ...
  8. 8 Spike (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) ...
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What is the oldest vampire story?

The vampire first made its way into English literature in John Polidori's 1819 short story “The Vampyre”. Polidori's vampire, Lord Ruthven, is inspired by a thinly disguised portrait of the predatory English poet, Lord Byron, in Lady Caroline Lamb's novel Glenarvon (1816).
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What is a good vampire name?

Famous Historic Vampire Names
  • Vlad Dracula.
  • Countess Elizabeth Báthory.
  • Mercy Brown.
  • Baobhan sith.
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Who is the god of vampires?

Most current vampires trace their lineage to a distant common ancestor, the vampire god Absalom. They are ruled by the Vampire Council, a group of powerful vampires around the world known as the Greater Nobility that maintain them and the rest of the Creatures of the Night.
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What are vampires afraid of?

Infected people display a hypersensitive response to any pronounced olfactory stimulation, which would naturally include the pungent smell of garlic.” Mirrors and Sunlight: “Rabies may also harbor the roots of the vampiric fear of mirrors,” Mark writes.
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How many types of vampires are there?

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.
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Who is the most famous vampire?

Over a hundred years after his creator was laid to rest, Dracula lives on as the most famous vampire in history.
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What name means death?

Thana means “death.” Thanatos is also a Greek name for the god of death.
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What are dark names?

Here are 13 names for all genders inspired by darkness and shadows.
  • Adrienne – the dark one (or the one from Hadria).
  • Dusk – sunset.
  • Gray / Grey – not a color, but a shade.
  • Keir – dark-haired, dark-skinned.
  • Lamya – dark complexion, in Arabic.
  • Layla – dark or night in Arabic.
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Who made vampire?

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The concept of a vampire predates Bram Stoker's tales of Count Dracula — probably by several centuries. But did vampires ever really exist? In 1819, 80 years before the publication of Dracula, John Polidori, an Anglo-Italian physician, published a novel called The Vampire.
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Is Dracula the strongest vampire?

Vampire physiology: Dracula is known for being the strongest vampire in the world. He possesses many of the usual features of vampirism: fangs, claws, pale skin and drinks blood. He also displayed extraordinarily surpassing levels of superhuman physical prowess that far exceeds any other character in the series.
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Who was the first vampire in the Bible?

According to biblical scholars, alukah can mean "blood-lusting monster" or vampire. Alukah is first referred to in Proverbs 30 of the Bible (Prov. 30:16).
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What are the hottest vampires?

Not too pretty. Now, vampires are hot as can be—so much so that it's really hard to choose which one is the hottest.
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In no particular order, here are 12 of the hottest vampires of all time.
  1. Jasper Cullen. ...
  2. Damon Salvatore. ...
  3. Laurent. ...
  4. Brad Pitt. ...
  5. Edward Cullen. ...
  6. Emmett Cullen. ...
  7. Marcel Gerard. ...
  8. Lestat de Lioncourt.
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How do you get turned into a vampire?

A person may become a vampire in a variety of ways, the most common of which is to be bitten by a vampire. Other methods include sorcery, committing suicide, contagion, or having a cat jump over a person's corpse.
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What do you call a woman vampire?

vampiress (plural vampiresses) A female vampire.
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Is Mystic Falls a real place?

Although Mystic Falls is pretty much just a fictional town, the real town behind the name isn't. Located 35-miles east of Atlanta, in the beautiful state of Georgia, you'll find the cozy town of Covington - AKA, the real Mystic Falls.
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Do vampires need to breathe?

"They don't breathe, therefore they don't have the metabolism to process blood as food." That made sense. "Well, the blood isn't passing through a digestive tract," said an editor.
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Are vampires still popular?

John E. Browning, a fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology who teaches classes about the evolution of vampires, zombies and monstrosity in society and culture, says that vampires are still more popular now than they were before the Vampire Renaissance of the early 2000s.
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