The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead (The Real Unexplained! Collection)

Revised, updated, and enlarged, this vast reference is an alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. Digging deep into the lore, myths, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, many facets are uncovered—historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular. From Vlad the Impaler and Barnabas Collins to Dracula and Lestat, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays, a vampire chronology, and 60 pages of vampire resources. Complete with detailed illustrations and photographs, the third edition of this popular authority includes a wealth of current events, including the Twilight phenomenon; contemporary authors of vampire romance; the growth and development of genuine, self-identified vampire communities; and prominent TV shows from Buffy to True Blood. Explores The Myth, Lore, And Representation In Popular Culture Of Vampires And Vampire Legends From Around The Globe. Ackerman, Forrest James -- Aconite -- The Addams Family -- Africa, Vampires In -- African American Vampires -- Allatius, Leo -- Alnwick Castle, The Vampire Of -- Aluka -- America, Vampires In -- Anemia -- Angel -- Animals -- Appearance Of A Vampire -- Armand -- Armenia, Vampires In -- Ashley, Amanda -- Atlanta Vampire Alliance -- Australia, Vampires In -- Babylon And Assyria, Vampires In Ancient -- Baker, Roy Ward -- Balderston, John L. -- Baltic States, Vampires In The -- Bangs, Nina -- Banks, L.a. -- Bara, Theda -- Baron Blood -- Bathory, Elizabeth -- Batman -- Bats, Vampire -- Bava, Mario -- Belanger, Michelle -- Bergstrom, Elaine -- Berwick, The Vampire Of -- Bibliography, Vampire -- Bistritz -- Blacula -- Blade The Vampire Slayer -- Blood -- Bloodrayne -- Borgo Pass -- Borland, Carol -- Bouchard, Angelique -- Boucicault, Dion -- The Bram Stoker Society -- Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Brides, Vampire -- Brite, Poppy Z. -- Browning, Tod -- Bruja -- Bruxa --^ Buffy The Vampire Slayer (movie) -- Bulgaria, Vampires In -- Bullet -- Bunnicula -- Burton, Richard Francis -- Byron, Lord George Gordon -- Calmet, Dom Aufustin -- The Camarilla: A Vampire Fan Association -- Carfax -- Carmilla -- Carradine, John -- Carter, Margaret Louise -- Cast, P.c. & Kristin -- Castle Dracula -- Chaney, Alonso Lon -- Chaos! Comics -- Characteristics Of Vampires -- Charnas, Suzy Mckee -- Chetwynd-hayes, Ronald Henry Glynn -- China, Vampires In -- Christianity And Vampires -- Chupacabras -- Coffins -- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor -- Collins, Barnabas -- Collins, Nancy A. -- Collinsport Players -- Comic Books, The Vampire In -- Cooke, Thomas Potter -- Coppola, Francis Ford -- Corman, Roger William -- Count Dracula -- Count Von Count -- Crime, Vampiric -- Croglin Grange, The Vampire Of -- Crucifix -- Cruise, Tom -- Cullen, Edward -- Cult Of The Vampire -- Cuntius, Johannes -- Curtis, Dan -- Cushing, Peter -- Czech Republic And Slovakia, Vampires In The --^ Daniels, Leslie Noel Iii -- Dark Delicacies -- Dark Shadows -- Dark Shadows Fandom -- Davanzati, Giuseppe -- Davidson, Maryjanice -- De Villenueva, Sebastian -- Deane, Hamilton -- Decapitation -- Desert Island Dracula Library -- Destroying The Vampire -- Dhampir -- Dracula -- Dracula (1931) -- Dracula (spanish 1931) -- Dracula (1973) -- Dracula (1979) -- Dracula (marvel Comics Character) -- Dracula '97: A Centennial Celebration -- Dracula: Or The Undead -- The Dracula Society (uk) -- Dracula-the Series -- Dracula: The Vampire Play In Three Acts -- Drama, Vampire -- Dreyer, Carl Theodor -- Duckula, Count -- Dumas, Alexandre -- Dust -- El Conde Dracula -- Elliott, Denholm Mitchell -- Elrod, P.n. -- Elvira -- Estries -- Eucharistic Wafer -- Ewers, Hanns Heinz -- Explanations Of Vampirism -- Fangs -- Feehan, Christine -- Fingernails -- Fire -- Fisher, Terence -- Florescu, Radu R. -- Flying Vampires -- Forever Knight -- Forever Knight Fandom -- Fortune, Dion -- France, Vampires In --^ Frankenstein's Monster -- Frid, Jonathan -- Frost, Deacon Games, Vampire -- Garden, Nancy -- Garlic -- Garton, Ray -- Gautier, Theophile -- Germany, Vampire In -- Ghouls -- Giles, Rupert -- Glut, Donald Frank -- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von -- Good Guy Vampires -- Gothic -- Greece, Vampires In -- Green, Chris Marie -- Greenberg, Martin H. -- Gypsies, Vampires And The -- Haarmann, Fritz -- Haigh, John George -- Haining, Peter Alexander -- Hamilton, Laurell K. -- Hammer Films -- Harker, Jonathan -- Harris, Charlaine -- Harris, Xander -- Harrison, Kim -- Hartmann, Franz -- Hawthorn -- The Highgate Vampire -- Holder, Nancy -- Holmes, Sherlock -- Holmwood, Arthur -- Homosexuality And The Vampire -- The Horror Of Dracula -- Huff, Tanya -- Humor, Vampire -- Hungary, Vampires In -- Huntley, Raymond -- Hurwood, Bernhardt J. -- Hypnotic Powers -- I...vampire -- Incubus/succubus -- India, Vampires In -- International Vampire -- Internet, Vampires On The -- Interview With The Vampire -- Ireland, Vampires In -- Italy, Vampires In --^ Ivan The Terrible -- Jacula -- Japan, Vampires In -- Java, Vampires In -- Jourdan, Louis -- Journal Of Vampirology -- Juvenile Literature -- Kali -- Kalogridis, Jeanne -- Keats, John -- Kenyon, Sherrilyn -- Kilpatrick, Nancy -- Kindred: The Embraced -- King, Stephen -- Kurten, Peter -- Lacroix, Lucien -- Langella, Frank -- Langsuyar -- Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan -- Leatherdale, Clive -- Lee, Christopher -- Lee, Tanith -- Lesbian Vampires -- Lilith -- Lilith, The Daughter Of Dracula -- Lindpainter, Peter Josef Von -- Lobishomen -- London After Midnight -- London, Dracula's -- Loogaroo -- Lord Ruthven Assembly -- Lory, Robert Edward -- Lugosi, Bela -- Lumley, Brian -- Malaysia, Vampires In -- Man-bat -- Manor Of The Devil -- Marryat, Florence -- Marschner, Heinrich August -- Marshall, William B. -- Matheson, Richard -- Mcnally, Raymond T. -- Melrose, Abbey, The Vampire Of -- Mexico, Vampires In -- Meyer, Stephenie -- Midnight Sons -- Miller, Elizabeth Anne -- Miller, Linda Lael --^ Mirrors -- Mist -- Miyu, Vampire Princess -- Moon -- Morbius -- Morris, Quincey P. -- Moss, Stephanie -- Mountain Ash -- The Munsters -- Murray (harker), Mina -- Music, Vampire -- Myanmar, Vampires In -- Name, The Vampire's -- Native Soil -- Near Dark -- Necromancy -- New Orleans -- Newman, Kim -- The Night Stalker -- Niles, Steve -- Nodier, Jean Charles Emmanuel -- Nosferatu -- Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens -- Nosferatu Vampire Clan -- Oldman, Gary -- Opera -- Order Of The Vampyre -- Order Strigoi Vii -- Origins Of The Vampire -- Orlock, Graf -- Palance, Jack -- Paraphernalia, Vampire -- Parry, Michael -- Paul (paole), Arnold -- Perfume -- Philippe, Monsieur -- Philippines, Vampires In The -- Pierart, Z.j. -- Pike, Christopher -- Pitt, Ingrid -- Planche, James Robinson -- Plogojowitz, Peter -- Poe, Edgar Allan -- Poetry, The Vampire In -- Poland, Vampires In -- Polidori, John -- Political/economic Vampires -- Pontianak -- Porphyria -- Preacher --^ Protection Against Vampires -- Psychological Perspectives On Vampire Mythology -- Pulp Magazines, Vampires In The. The Queen Of The Damned -- Ramsland, Katherine -- Redcaps -- Renfield, R.n. -- Riccardo, Martin V. -- Rice, Anne -- Rollin, Jean -- Romance Literature, Vampires In -- Romania, Vampires In -- Rome, Vampires In Ancient -- Ross, William Edward Daniel -- Russia, Vampires In -- Ruthven, Lord -- Rymer, James Malcolm -- Saberhagen, Frederick Thomas -- St. George's Day -- St. Germain -- Sands, Lynsay -- Sangster, Jimmy -- Santo -- Satan -- Scandinavia, Vampires In -- Schiefelbein, Michael -- Scholomance -- Schreck, Max -- Science Fiction And The Vampire -- Seeds -- Selene -- Seward, John -- Sexuality And The Vampire -- Shan, Darren -- Shayne, Maggie -- Shepard, Leslie Alan -- Sighisoara -- Silver -- Skal, David J. -- Skin, A Vampire's -- Slavs, Vampires And The -- Slayage-- Sleep, Vampire -- Smith, Lisa Jane -- Somtow, S.p. -- South America, Vampires In -- Southern Slavs, Vampires And The -- Southey, Robert -- Spain, Vampires In -- Spider -- Stake -- Steele, Barbara --^ Stoker, Abraham Bram -- Strength, Physical -- Suicide -- Sukuyan -- Summers, Buffy -- Summers, Montague -- Sunlight -- Swan, Bela -- Szekelys -- Talamasca -- Talamaur -- Tehran Vampire -- Television, Vampires On -- Temple Of The Vampire -- Thailand, Vampires In -- Tibet, Vampires In -- Tirgoviste -- The Tomb Of Dracula -- Trading Cards, The Vampire On -- Transformation -- Transylvania -- Transylvanian Society Of Dracula -- Tremayne, Peter -- Twilight -- Twilight (movie) -- Twilight Saga; New Moon -- Twilight Series -- Underworld -- United Kingdom, Vampires In The -- Universal Pictures -- Vadim, Roger -- Vambery, Arminius -- The Vamp -- Vamperotica -- Vampira -- The Vampire (real Vampires) -- Vampire Cult -- Vampire Empire -- Vampire Fandom: United Kingdom -- Vampire Fandom: United States -- Vampire Hunters -- The Vampire Rapist -- Vampire Research Center -- Vampire Research Society -- Vampire: The Eternal Struggle -- Vampire: The Masquerade -- Vampirella -- Vampyr --^ Van Helsing, Abraham -- Van Sloan, Edward -- Varma, Devendra Prasad -- Varney The Vampyre -- Victims -- Visegrad -- Vision -- Vjesci -- Vlad -- Vlad Dracul -- Voices Of The Vampire Community -- Ward, J. R. -- Water -- Weather -- Werewolves And Vampires -- Westenra, Lucy -- Whitby -- William Of Newburgh -- Wine -- Witchcraft And Vampires -- Wolf, Leonard -- Wolfman, Marv -- Women As Vampires -- The X-files -- Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn -- Yorga, Count -- Youngson, Jeanne Keyes -- Zombies . J. Gordon Melton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. Digging deep into the lore, myths, pop culture, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead exposes everything about the blood thirsty predator. Death and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and temptation. The allure of the vampire is eternal, and The Vampire Book explores it all. The historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject. This vast reference is an alphabetical tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the soul-sucking undead. In the first fully revised and updated edition in a decade, Dr. J. Gordon Melton (president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula) bites even deeper into vampire lore, myths, reported realities, and legends that come from all around the world. From Transylvania to plague-infested Europe to Nostradamus and from modern literature to movies and TV series, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays to quench your thirst for facts, biographies, definitions, and more. About the Author......Page 2 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 Foreword to Third Edition......Page 14 Introduction......Page 16 Acknowledgments......Page 20 Vampires: A Chronology......Page 22 Preface: What Is a Vampire?......Page 30 A......Page 36 B......Page 66 C......Page 134 D......Page 208 E......Page 268 F......Page 280 G......Page 306 H......Page 352 I......Page 402 J......Page 422 K......Page 434 L......Page 446 M......Page 478 N......Page 522 O......Page 540 P......Page 550 Q-R......Page 602 S......Page 636 T......Page 722 U-V......Page 760 W......Page 832 X, Y, Z......Page 860 Index......Page 868 About the Author 2 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Foreword to Third Edition 14 Introduction 16 Acknowledgments 20 Vampires: A Chronology 22 Preface: What Is a Vampire? 30 A 36 B 66 C 134 D 208 E 268 F 280 G 306 H 352 I 402 J 422 K 434 L 446 M 478 N 522 O 540 P 550 Q-R 602 S 636 T 722 U-V 760 W 832 X, Y, Z 860 Index 868 9781578592814 Visible Ink Press