Talk:Vampire

Vampire Origination

Where was the word 'vampire' first originated from41.138.188.6 (talk) 14:19, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

From http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=vampire

 vampire (n.) 
   spectral being in a human body who maintains semblance of life by leaving the grave at night to suck the warm blood of the living as they sleep, 1734, from French vampire (18c.) or German  Vampir (1732, in an account of Hungarian vampires), from Hungarian vampir, from Old Church Slavonic opiri (cognates: Serbian vampir, Bulgarian vapir, Ukrainian uper), said by Slavic linguist Franc Miklošič to be ultimtely from Kazan Tatar ubyr "witch," but Max Vasmer, an expert in this linguistic area, finds that phonetically doubtful. An Eastern European creature popularized in English by late 19c. gothic novels, however there are scattered English accounts of night-walking, blood-gorged, plague-spreading undead corpses from as far back as 1196. Figurative sense of "person who preys on others" is from 1741. Applied 1774 by French biologist Buffon to a species of South American blood-sucking bat. Related: Vampiric.184.145.94.21 (talk)`  —Preceding undated comment added 21:39, 26 December 2015 (UTC) 

Werewold?

Please take a look at the 9th paragraph under the sub-heading "Creating vampires." Notice the word "werewold" in the sentence "In Albanian folklore, the dhampir is the hybrid child of the karkanxholl (a werewold-like creature with an iron mail shirt) or the lugat (a water-dwelling ghost or monster)." I was researching on Albanian vampire folklore when I caught this typo. Many thanks.CarmillaDhampir (talk) 13:36, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

thanks - typo fixed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:05, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Suspect

Vlad Tepes was and is often referred to as a vampire of sorts. People often forget this. I wonder if there is any reason behind this type of human behavior. It's not important yet is in fact a historical figure people have mistaken as a vampire for some reason. Point being, why? Wasn't this a real person? I find it intriguing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.117.16.45 (talk) 04:56, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

It's the link with Dracula. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:36, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Etymology

The article on dhampir says the 'pir/pyr' part means 'drink' and thus a dhampir is one who drinks with teeth. surely being only one major consonant away, vampir/vampire/vampyr would have a similar origin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.206.153 (talk) 04:41, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Not necessarily. It could be a case of folk etymology, where the words converged despite having different origins. --90.199.98.121 (talk) 01:40, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

folklore

Vampire is more paranormal than folklore. Fantasy movies don't have Vampire. Modern horror movies have vampire. --Eden's Apple (talk) 17:21, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Um... what? That's a bad argument. DreamGuy (talk) 20:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

There was a vampire in the Silmarillion IIRC, FWIW.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:54, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Kitsune?

Vampire#Asia "There's also the Kitsune who are spiritual vampires that need life force to survive and use magic. As such, they acquire it from making love with humans." (3rd paragraph, final sentence) needs a tag ... Or a citation. I don't remember kitsune having sex for energy's sake being much in any standard kitsune mythos. 67.42.179.140 (talk) 09:29, 21 January 2016 (UTC)