Dhampir

En dhampir er i Balkan-folklore et barn af en vampyrfar og en menneskelig mor. Udtrykket er undertiden stavet dhampyre, dhamphir eller dhampyr. Dhampirers evner svarer til vampyrers, men uden de sædvanlige svagheder.^[1] Dhampirer formodes at være dygtige til at opdage og dræbe vampyrer.

I de seneste vampyrfiktioner refererer dhampir (eller nogle gange "dampeer" eller "dunpeal" på grund af oversættelsesproblemer med den japanske anime Vampire Hunter D og dens efterfølger^[2]) til en hybrid mellem et menneske og en vampyrforælder, de er halv-racer og ikke selv vampyrer.

^ T.P. Vukanović. 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."
^ Dunpeal is found in translation of Japanese fiction and could be the result of errors in transliterating dhampyr to Japanese and back to English.

[1] T.P. Vukanović. 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] Dunpeal is found in translation of Japanese fiction and could be the result of errors in transliterating dhampyr to Japanese and back to English.

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