dhampir
Sign in to saveIn Balkan folklore, a dhampir () is a mythical creature that is the result of a union between a vampire and a human. This union was usually between male vampires and female humans, with stories of female vampires mating with male humans being rare.
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- Mythical creature.name
- Dhampir
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Balkans
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Legendary creature
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Living
- Mythical creature.Family
- Offspring of vampire and human
- Mythical creature.Region
- Europe (especially the Balkans)
- Mythical creature.Similar_entities
- Zombie, revenant, werewolf, cambion, nephilim, vampire
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In Balkan folklore, a dhampir () is a mythical creature that is the result of a union between a vampire and a human. This union was usually between male vampires and female humans, with stories of female vampires mating with male humans being rare.
==Name== ===Etymology=== The word is an Albanian word which in turn is borrowed from South Slavic vampir. The shift v > dh is a feature of Albanian.
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