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Vampires

LC control no.sh 85141948
LC classificationBF1556 Demonology
GR830.V3 Folklore
Topical headingVampires
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Variant(s)Lesbian vampires
See alsoDead--Folklore
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Monsters
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Found inOED online, April 27, 2020: vampire (noun: A preternatural being of a malignant nature (in the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking the blood of sleeping persons; a man or woman abnormally endowed with similar habits)
Merriam-Webster online, April 27, 2020: vampire (noun def. 1: the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep)
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