Etymology of vampire, dracula

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.

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.

Just found an ok site;

http://www.istrianet.org/istria/legends/vampires-witches-intro.htm

The most exhaustive info I’ve found is here:

http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/

Covers a wide range of questions about vampires.