Dhampir
A dhampir (also dhampir , dhamphir or dhampyr ) is the child of a vampire father and a human mother in Southeastern European folklore and in vampire novels . The reverse is also possible less often in fictional stories.
A dhampir is said to have the ability to see vampires even when they are invisible and are particularly suitable for killing them. Most Dhampires have the advantages of vampire powers and fewer weaknesses than ordinary vampires, e.g. B. compared to daylight, but their existence also has numerous common disadvantages, such as the vampire thirst for blood .
Dhampires are quite common in popular culture. Numerous films (such as the Blade trilogy with Wesley Snipes in the title role), TV series (including the vampire series Split with the half-vampire "Ella Rozen" in the lead role), books (for example: Until (s) until the end of the night by Stephenie Meyer ; Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead ; the Dhampir novels by Barb & JC Hendee , Die Kinder des Judas by Markus Heitz and the Japanese novel series No Game No Life and Vampire Hunter D ) and computer games (e.g. BloodRayne , also made into several films ) treat this topic.
Web links
- Dhampir in the Monstropedia ( Memento from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ TP Vukanović . 1957-1959. "The Vampire." Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society , 3rd ser. Part 1: 36 (3-4): 125-133; Part 2: 37 (1-2): 21-31; Part 3: 37 (3-4): 111-118; Part 4: 39 (1-2): 44-55. Reprint in Vampires of the Slavs , ed. Jan Perkowski (Cambridge, Mass .: Slavica, 1976), 201-234. T
- ↑ Split. Personajes. Ella Rozen . In: Boomerangla.com . Retrieved June 22, 2014.