Vampires(吸血鬼)3.pptxVIP

;Do you believe it ?;The?Oxford English Dictionary?dates the first appearance of the English word?vampire?(as?vampyre) in English from 1734. The notion of vampirism has existed for millennia; cultures such as the?Mesopotamians,?Hebrews,?Ancient Greeks, and?Romans?had tales of demons and spirits which are considered precursors to modern vampires. However, despite the occurrence of vampire-like creatures in these ancient civilizations, the folklore for the entity we know today as the vampire originates almost exclusively from early-18th-century southeastern Europe, ?when?verbal traditions of man