1 These are not the bloodsuckers recognizable today: for one, they’re all predominantly Slavic. The earliest accounts are mainly Slavic, but there are a few similar ones that take place in northern Germany as well, where vampires were otherwise referred to as Nachzehrer ( nach being ‘after’ and zehren coming from the term ‘consume, or to prey upon’). Most likely given rise by ancient beliefs - wherein the term “vampire” didn’t exist yet, and blood-sucking was attributed to demons, spirits, and ghouls - the European version is responsible for separating vampires into a category of their own. Circa the Twilight franchise, Nosferatu, and Dracula, there was the original folklore of the vampire. You’ll have to look further back than the Count to determine that. So what makes a vampire? Illustration by Maybelle Leung I can tell you he wore a dark cloak, had a long, triangular noise, and was whole-bodily purple. But while modern variations of the legend have dressed vampires up in a whole host of different outfits and styles – looking at you, Twilight – I would attest that the most important feature to any vampiric legend is the consumption of blood. Because of this I can tell you that the Count, Sesame Street’s dapper, friendly interpretation of Dracula, was a mathematician.
I remember my first encounter with vampiric mythology the way I recall most childhood memories: extremely vaguely and in superficial terms.
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