Grouping | Legendary creature |
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Sub grouping | Living |
Similar entities | Zombie, revenant, werewolf, cambion, Nephilim |
Family | Offspring of vampire and human |
Region | Balkans, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa |
In Balkan folklore, a dhampir (Albanian pronunciation: [ðamˈpir]) is a mythical creature that is the result of a union between a vampire and a human. This union was usually between male vampires and female humans, with stories of female vampires mating with male humans being rare.[1]