The Cycladic ghoul, however, was neither indigenously Greek nor Turkish – βρυκόλακας or vrykolakas penetrated the Mediterranean imagination from the Balkan Slavs, and its name comes from the Slavic ...
As recompense for Lucian’s disappointing near capture, the vampire god Vrykolakas demands that Lucian prove himself “worthy of being a vampire” and turns him human, promising to restore his ...