With over 2,000 entries in A-to-Z format,THE VAMPIRE ENCYCLOPEDIAis a one-stop reference for everything and anything to do with vampires, from books and films to the history of the vampire legend and ways to RESIST THESE IRRESISTIBLE CREATURES. The vampire is alive and flourishing in books, hit television shows, clubs, even comic books—there's no end in sight for the immortal ones!
Oftentimes, they would sacrifice the children to the devils that they worshiped. Source: Florescu, Dracula: A Biography, 164; Hickey, Sex Crimes and Paraphilia, 123; McNally, In Search of Dracula, 117; Trumbull, Blood Covenant, 115 ...
The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a ...
The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture S. T. Joshi. the penanggal. Another Malay vampire is the langsuyar, or langsuir, the revenant of a woman dead in childbirth. Also known as thepontianak, “She may be known by her robe ...
Explores the myth, lore, and representation in popular culture of vampires and vampire legends from around the globe.
Monsters and shape-shifters have always held a special fascination in mythologies, legends, and folklore the world over.
An A to Z of the Undead
Explores the myth, lore, and representation in popular culture of vampires and vampire legends from around the globe.
Packed with content from the television show, The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Encyclopedia is the first companion book that also includes key facts from the official canon comics and its spin-off show Angel—making this comprehensive volume ...
In September 1965, a seven-foot-tall, wolf-headed monster chased three girls in Bensenville, Illinois. “The alleged monster jumped out at Cindy Miller, her sister Eibby and Sue Jackson from behind a tree around 9:20 P.M. and chased them ...
What you will find is detailed biographies on major fictional vampires who've fascinated us mere mortals for the last three centuries. Written by vampire expert J. Gordon Melton, The Vampire...