Who is the vampire goddess?

Empusa was the daughter of the goddess Hecate and was described as a demonic, bronze-footed creature. She feasted on blood by transforming into a young woman and seduced men as they slept before drinking their blood.
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Who is the deity 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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Who was the first vampire god?

You can read the full story here, but in a nutshell a series of blessings and curses transformed this young man into history's first vampire. Specifically, it began with the sun god Apollo (Greek mythology), who in a fit of rage cursed Ambrogio so that his skin would burn should it ever touch sunlight again.
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Is the goddess Selene a vampire?

SELENE was the Titan goddess of the moon. She was depicted as a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse or driving a chariot drawn by a pair of winged steeds. Her lunar sphere or crescent was either a crown set upon her head or the fold of a raised, shining cloak.
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Are Nyx and Selene the same?

Selene like most gods & goddesses in Greek Mythology, descended from the Primordials. The goddess Nyx is her great aunt. Erebus, Eros, & Tartarus are her great uncles. Selene is the 2nd cousin of Hypnos, Thanatos, Aether, Hemera, the Moirae, the Oneiroi, the Keres, and many others.
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Are Selene and Artemis the same?

According to early Greek myths, Selene used to be a Titan goddess of the moon and Artemis used to be a goddess of hunting and animals. As time progressed, they merged into one identity. Selene was written off and Artemis became the goddess of the moon, hunting, and animals.
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Who was the first female vampire?

Your answer is “Yes.” Carmilla is the story of a female vampire; it was, in fact, the first vampire story to have a female vampire as its protagonist. Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's published the novella in 1872, a full twenty-five years before Bram Stoker would create the iconic Dracula.
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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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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 goddess Nyx?

Nyx, in Greek mythology, female personification of night but also a great cosmogonical figure, feared even by Zeus, the king of the gods, as related in Homer's Iliad, Book XIV.
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What is the goddess of death's name?

Hel, in Norse mythology, originally the name of the world of the dead; it later came to mean the goddess of death. Hel was one of the children of the trickster god Loki, and her kingdom was said to lie downward and northward.
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Who is the god of werewolves?

Lycaon | Greek mythology | Britannica.
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Is there a blood god?

Khorne is the Blood God, Lord of Rage, Taker of Skulls. It is wrath incarnate, the embodiment of a never-ending lust to dominate and destroy. It is Khorne's sole desire to drown the galaxy in a tide of slaughter, to conquer and kill every living thing until there is nothing left but spilt blood and shattered bone.
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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 original vampire?

The vampires who have been called Originals are: Mikael, Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Kol, Rebekah and Alaric. The Originals are legendary throughout the supernatural world, especially amongst witches and vampires due to the fact that they have walked the Earth for over a thousand years.
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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's another word for vampire?

In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for vampire, like: bloodsucker, vamp, dracula, nosferatu, lamia, vampires, ghoul, undead, bat, monster and flirt.
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What do female vampires represent?

Equipped with supernatural powers that even outrange the common human's most definite limit – death – the vampire has been the personification of people's fears and ignorance. Especially the female vampire, the most original form of this character, personifies the threat of female power to male dominated societies.
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Who is the most powerful moon goddess?

Powers of Selene

Selene was worshipped in Greek mythology because of her ability to pull the moon across the sky with her chariot to provide a bright light in the otherwise dark sky.
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Why did NASA call it Artemis?

He chose the name because of its connection to Greek mythology and its "attractive connotations," per the space agency. Before being assigned to the current moon landing program, NASA used Artemis to refer to a pair of lunar probes studying the moon's interactions with the sun.
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Who is crescent moon goddess?

By the 5th century bc Selene was sometimes identified with Artemis, or Phoebe, “the bright one.” She was usually represented as a woman with the moon (often in crescent form) on her head and driving a two-horse chariot. As Luna, she had temples at Rome on the Aventine and Palatine hills.
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