What's the first official written use of a word like vampire? Vampir, vampyr...
Romania?
No.
Serbia. Come with me as I explore Serbia's first officially documented case, as well as their most famous vampire, who appears in a book written 17 years before Dracula. Folklore is of course, much older than written word, but we can't trace that so easily.
I then finish up with a terrifying tale from Japan.
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/serbia/articles/serbia-birthplace-vampires/
https://www.thescarechamber.com/the-legend-of-inunaki-village/
https://www.amazon.com/After-90-Years-Serbian-Savanovic-ebook/dp/B016MTLZ6A
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