Dhampir
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Dhampir
Dhampir
Grouping Legendary creature
Sub grouping Undead
Similar creatures Vampire, zombie, revenant, werewolf
Country Balkans
Region Balkans, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa
A dhampir in Balkan folklore is the child of a vampire and a human. The term is sometimes spelled dhampyre,
dhamphir, or dhampyr. Dhampir powers are similar to those of vampires, but without the usual weaknesses.
[1]
In recent vampire fiction, dhampir refers to any hybrid of one human and one vampire parent; they are half-breeds,
not vampires themselves.
Etymology
The word dhampir dereves from the Albanian language where pir means "to drink", and dhmb or dham means
"teeth", thus dhampir, "to drink with teeth".
[2][3][4][5][6]
Nomenclature
The word "dhampir" is associated with Balkan folklore, as described by T. P. Vukanovi. In the rest of the region,
terms such as Serbian vampirovi, vampijerovi, vampiri (thus, Bosnian lampijerovi, etc.) literally meaning
"vampire's son", are used.
[7][8]
In other regions Wikipedia:Citing sources the child is named "Vampir" if a boy and "Vampiresa" if a girl, or
"Dhampir" if a boy and "Dhampiresa" if a girl.Wikipedia:Citation needed In Bulgarian folklore, numerous terms
such as glog (lit. "hawthorn"), vampirdzhiya ("vampire" + nomen agentis suffix), vampirar ("vampire" + nomen
agentis suffix), dzhadadzhiya and svetocher are used to refer to vampire children and descendants, as well as to other
specialized vampire hunters.
[9]
Dhampiraj is also an Albanian surname.
Origin
In the Balkans it was believed that male vampires have a great desire for women, so a vampire will return to have
intercourse with his wife or with a woman he was attracted to in life.
[7]
Indeed, in one recorded case, a Serbian
widow tried to blame her pregnancy on her late husband, who had supposedly become a vampire, and there were
cases of Serbian men pretending to be vampires in order to reach the women they desired.
[10]
In Bulgarian folklore,
vampires were sometimes said to deflower virgins as well. The sexual activity of the vampire seems to be a
peculiarity of South Slavic vampire belief as opposed to other Slavs, although a similar motif also occurs in
Belarusian legends.
[11]
Dhampir
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Features
Some traditions specify signs by which the children of a vampire can be recognized. Albanian legends state they
have untamed dark or black hair and lack a shadow. In Bulgarian folklore, possible indications include being "very
dirty," having a soft body, no nails and bones (the latter physical peculiarity is also ascribed to the vampire itself),
and "a deep mark on the back, like a tail." In contrast, a pronounced nose was often a sign, as were larger than
normal ears, teeth or eyes. According to J. Gordon Melton, from his book, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of
the Undead, in some areas, a true dhampir possessed a "slippery, jelly-like body and lived only a short lifea belief
that vampires have no bones." Wikipedia:Citation needed
References
[1] T. P. Vukanovi. 1957-1959. "The Vampire." Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, 3rd ser. Part 1: 36(3-4): 125-133; Part 2: 37(1-2): 21-31;
Part 3: 37(3-4): 111-118; Part 4: 39(1-2): 44-55. Reprinted in Vampires of the Slavs, ed. Jan Perkowski (Cambridge, Mass.: Slavica, 1976),
201-234. The reprint lacks footnotes. Most material on dhampirs is in part 4, under the heading "Dhampir as the Chief Magician for the
Destruction of Vampires."
[2] From Demons to Dracula: The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth by Matthew Beresford, ISBN 1861894031, 2008, p.8.
[3] "Deutsches Wrterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm. 16 Bde. (in 32 Teilbnden). Leipzig: S. Hirzel 18541960"
[4] [4] "Vampire". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary"
[5] [5] "Trsor de la Langue Franaise informatis"
[6] [6] Dauzat, Albert (1938). Dictionnaire tymologique de la langue franaise. Paris: Librairie Larousse. OCLC 904687
[7] Levkievskaja, E.E. La mythologie slave : problmes de rpartition dialectale (une tude de cas : le vampire). Cahiers slaves n1 (septembre
1997). Online (French). (http:/ / www.recherches-slaves. paris4. sorbonne. fr/ Cahier1/ Levkievskaja. htm)
[8] , . 2000. . In: . , 2000. Online (Serbian) (http:/ / svevlad.
org.rs/ knjige_files/ petrovic_mitologija. html#vampir)
[9] , . 1983. . Online article (Bulgarian) (http:/ / bgrod. org/ Vjara/ index. php?p=bogove&
page=vampir)
[10] Lakovi, Aleksandar. 2001. Vampiri kolo vode. In: Glas javnosti, 20-12-2001. Online (Serbian) (http:/ / arhiva. glas-javnosti. rs/ arhiva/
2001/ 12/ 20/ srpski/ F01121902.shtml)
[11] . (). Online (Belarusian) (http:/ / slounik. org/ 82139. html)
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