Hop-a-long vampire

Archeoblog links to an article about Vampires being found in numerous cultures.

Archeology of the Undead:

In folkloric sources as diverse as Babylonian literature, the shroud-eating Nachzehrer of Germanic tradition, and the Chiang-Shih “hopping vampires” of Chinese legend, notions of corpses rising from the grave have long been documented.

the first five minutes of this comedy explains the difference between European and Chinese vampires.





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the classic Vampire story Bram Stocker's Dracula can be found at Librivox:

and at Mythgard academy, the Tolkien Professor Corey Olson is giving a course on the novel LINK