Vampires Through the Ages
- Authors
- Righi, Brian
- Publisher
- Llewellyn Publications
- Tags
- children of the night , anne rice , dead , myth , psychic vampire , protection , fangs , bloodsucking , mythical , vampires , vampire , lestat , dracula , monster , history , energy , blood
- ISBN
- 9780738726489
- Date
- 2011-12-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.26 MB
- Lang
- en
Interred in shadows no more, the vampire mythos is illuminated in this captivating exploration of one of the world's most sinister--and feared--creatures.
Join Brian Righi as he unearths the truth behind myths and beliefs, both ancient and modern. He traces the evolution of the vampire--from Dracula's mysteriously empty grave and the enduring legend it spawned to terrifying documented cases of the real-life blood drinkers of today. Sordid and sultry, the vampire's long and gruesome history is revealed:
--Various cultures' beliefs and superstitions surrounding bloodthirsty immortals
--Chilling true accounts of the unquenchable bloodlust of historical figures such as Vlad the Impaler and Countess Bathory
--Stories and lore from villagers, as recalled from the author's travels through Romania
--Serial killers who suffered from delusions of vampirism
--How the early Christian church inadvertently fed into the 18th-century Eastern European vampire scare