MESO AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY
Month: July 2018
Merovingian Legend
The Merovingian dynasty (c. 5th–8th centuries) has long fascinated historians, mystics, and conspiracy theorists alike. Emerging from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Merovingians ruled large…
Vampire: The Masquerade
Vampire: The Masquerade is a popular role-playing game introduced in 1991 by creator Mark Rein-Hagen of White Wolf Game Studio. It quickly challenged the popularity…
Angel
The successful 1997 television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, introduced several new vampire characters as objects of the Slayer’s deadly intentions. However, one of the…
Obayifo
Obayifo A kind of living vampire found among the Ashanti people on the Gold Coast in West Africa. The obayifo is said to be a…
Westenra, Lucy
Westenra, Lucy From the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker, a character who dies from the attacks of the count, returning as a vampiress, a…
Water and Vampires
A possible bane to the undead, often prominent in folklore. As with witches, the vampire is unable to swim or to cross running water, as…
Nosferatu
Nosferatu The most famous of all the early vampire films was produced by a small German film company, Prana Film. This had been set up…