The modern pop cultural archetype of the vampire comes almost entirely from Bram Stoker and Universal Studios. But the folklore that informed Eastern European b

The modern pop cultural archetype of the vampire comes almost entirely from Bram Stoker and Universal Studios. But the folklore that informed Eastern European belief was far more varied and nebulous, rarely following the template precisely, and resembled beliefs that were certainly cross-cultural[0]. One interesting potential source for vampire beliefs is misinterpreting diseases like tuberculosis or cholera, or even rabies. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_folklore_by_region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_folklore_by_region