The little about Vampire

Vampires are mythological figures and legends that live by eating the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures other. Although confidence in the blood-sucking demons found in many cultures and has existed since ancient times, the term vampire had just popular in the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire legend into Western Europe from the Balkans and Eastern Europe. In these areas there are also legends about creatures such as vampires, for example vrykolakas in Greece and in the Romanian Strigoi are vampires also increase confidence in Europe.
Vampires in the Balkans and Eastern Europe legend has the appearance of a diverse (ranging from humanoids to undead) while in western Europe, the vampire is described as being groomed and luxury. Is the story The Vampyre (1819) by John Polidori that make up the image. The work is considered a masterpiece of the most powerful vampires in the early 19th century and has inspired further works as Varney the Vampire and even Dracula.
Novel Dracula (1897) Bram Stoker's work is remembered as a classic that became the basis for modern vampire story in the future. Taking elements of the novel Dracula legend vicious werewolves and the like, and combine it with the concept of eternity and the Victorian era public system. Success of this book triggered the vampire genre that remains popular to this day through books, movies, video games, and television shows. Vampires also have become the dominant figure in the horror genre.
Vampires are usually told out of his grave at night to bite people with long fangs and suck their blood. Bite victims will usually be a vampire too. According to some myths, vampires do not look in the mirror because they do not have a soul. In modern fiction, the vampire can be transformed into bats, wolves, and even clumps of gas, and had to keep away from sunlight