Irish vampire

”Hell Hath no fury, like a woman scorned”. We all know that the Author of the most famous Vampire Dracula, was the Irish writer Bram Stoker. In fact we can also claim Sheridan Le Fanu w…

Abhartach was a villain in Irish mythology who is believed to have provided the inspiration for Count Dracula several centuries later. According to the story, Abhartach was an evil Celtic chieftain who practiced dark magic and oppressed and killed his subjects for fun. Eventually, he was slain by a rival tribe and buried in a standing posture, as was the custom at the time. However, Abhartach's black magic allowed him to return as a neamh-mairbh (walking dead) and demanded that his subjects…

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