Bampira are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist sa pamamagitan ng feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person/being. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in many cultures, and may go back to "prehistoric times", the term vampire was not popularized until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europa from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe, although local variants were also known sa pamamagitan ng different names, such as vrykolakas...