...extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.
...mainly bite the victim's neck, extracting the blood from a main artery. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gai
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...his status, Vlad II displayed the symbol of the Order, (a dragon), in all public appearances, (on flags, clothing, etc.). The old Romanian word for serpent
...eign envoys and presiding over important judicial trials. He probably made public appearances on relevant occasions, such as religious holidays and major fai
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...sts throughout the United States a widespread system of African American [[folklore|folk]] magic belief and practice known as [[hoodoo]]. The similarity of the
Public relations-wise, Vodou has come to be associated in the popular mind with su
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...to this theory, gargoyles were carved to resemble chupacabras, to keep the public afraid of any place with gargoyles.
...st natives believe in the "[[mosquito-man]]", a mythical creature of their folklore that pre-dates modern chupacabras sightings. The mosquito-man sucks the blo
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...such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexuality, immigration and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, the novel's influence on the p
Before writing ''Dracula'', Stoker spent seven years researching European folklore and stories of vampires, being most influenced by Emily Gerard's 1885 essay
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...hain of islands. Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway.
...thing proven by the incident was that the Society had made an embarrassing public error.
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In Jewish folklore, a '''golem''' (גולם, sometimes [as in Yiddish] pronounced ''goilem'')
...tab the golem, but perishing instead. The attic is not open to the general public.
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...anding at the foot of a staircase. The photograph did not emerge into the public domain until 1979, when George and Kathy Lutz and Rod Steiger appeared on T
...he story, it remains one of the most popular haunting accounts in American folklore.
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...ding the murders have become a combination of genuine historical research, folklore, and pseudohistory. Many authors, historians, and amateur detectives have p
...haracter of the murders, and because of media treatment of the events, the public came increasingly to believe in a single serial killer terrorizing the resi
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...passed down in Native American, Australian Aboriginal, and African Tribal folklore. "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby", for example, is fairly acute psychology
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...Legends and tales concerning Vlad the Impaler have remained a part of folklore among the Romanian peasantry. These tales have been passed down from genera
...es of Wallachia and Moldavia (1820), which Stoker borrowed from the Whitby Public Library in 1890 while there on vacation. The book contains a few brief refe
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...f God, and amongst them, Satan (Hebrew ''ha-satan''), again in the role of public prosecutor, the defendant being Job (Job 1, 2. Cf. {{bibleverse|1|Chronicle
In many informal [[folklore|folk beliefs]] among Christians concerning the [[afterlife]], the souls of
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"Anthropologists have made no serious attempt to disabuse the public of the widespread notion of the ubiquity of anthropophagists. … in the de
...ember of one's own clan, ensuring immortality. Cannibal ogresses appear in folklore around the world, the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel' being the most immediate
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