A street painting in Bucharest, Romania, depicts Bram Stoker, right, the author of Dracula, sharing a drink with Vlad the Impaler, left, the medieval Romanian ruler who inspired the book. AP ...

Sam George has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is the convener of the Open Graves, Open Minds research group who organised the ...

In many countries in the world, there is a myth of a creature called ‘the vampire’— an undead, blood-sucking creature with sharp fangs that preys on the living. The myth of the vampire has existed for ...

Vampires took several forms in Greek myth and folklore: reptilian monsters who hypnotized travelers, human-headed bats, and ...

Humans have long been fascinated by blood-drinkers. In fact, nearly every culture across the world has folklore surrounding the mythical monsters. While vampires are little more than fiction, many ...

Vampires have been part of folklore for thousands of years, and most major fantasy properties have incorporated some form of the vampire myth into their fictional universe. And Marvel Comics is no ...

Myths, folklore and fairy tales are valuable sources of information about the human spirit and psyche. These stories, passed from generation to generation, serve as literal containers for crucial ...

There are more types of vampires than there are types of blood. Vampires, creatures of myth and legend that have become iconic pop culture monsters, endure not just because of the unholy curse that ...

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - They work as doctors and lawyers by day but lurk as vampires by night. While they may not wish to suck your blood, there are plenty of willing victims on tap, according to a ...

Even though Doctor Who is primarily a science fiction show about time travel, it used multiple sources of inspiration to create the characters and creatures the Doctor comes in contact with on an ...