# Etymology of vampire, dracula

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-of-vampire-dracula/199101 "2003-09-02T10:28:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dolly\_Dagger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Dolly\_Dagger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Dagger)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-of-vampire-dracula/199101/21 "2003-09-11T11:29:27Z")

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If you can get hold of this book, it pretty much covers the lot: ‘Children of the Night’(of Vampires and Vampirism) by Tony Thorne. ISBN:0-575-40272-5

Try searching on things like - Volkodlak, Vedomec, Vampir, Kudlak, Kresnik, Vlad Tepes(the Impaler), Strigon, Stryx, Nosferatu, Mara/Mora to get started.

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**Author:** ![Dolly\_Dagger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Dolly\_Dagger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Dagger)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-of-vampire-dracula/199101/22 "2003-09-11T11:33:23Z")

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If you can get hold of this book, it pretty much covers the lot: ‘Children of the Night’(of Vampires and Vampirism) by Tony Thorne. ISBN:0-575-40272-5

Try searching on things like - Volkodlak, Vedomec, Vampir, Kudlak, Kresnik, Vlad Tepes(the Impaler), Strigon, Striges, Stryx, Nosferatu, Countess Bathory, Mara/Mora to get started.

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**Author:** ![Dolly\_Dagger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Dolly\_Dagger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Dagger)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-of-vampire-dracula/199101/23 "2003-09-11T12:08:42Z")

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Just found an ok site;

[http://www.istrianet.org/istria/legends/vampires-witches-intro.htm](http://www.istrianet.org/istria/legends/vampires-witches-intro.htm)

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**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-of-vampire-dracula/199101/24 "2003-09-11T12:42:35Z")

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The most exhaustive info I’ve found is here:

[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/](http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/)

Covers a wide range of questions about vampires.

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