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Topic: Folklore

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1477) posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler, Voivode of Wallachia (1456-1462). (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dracula may have wept blood: study

Rae Hodge
Kayvan Novak in "What We Do in the Shadows" (Brendon Meadows/FX)

The birth of the vampire myth

Stanley Stepanic - The Conversation
A partial solar eclipse is seen behind the 9th century Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. The rare astronomical event is being witnessed Wednesday along a narrow path that stretches across 12 provinces encompassing three times zones and about 40 million people. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi) (AP)

history of eclipses

Roger Culver - The Conversation
Donald Trump; Pennywise from "It" (Getty/Jewel Samad/Warner Bros./Salon)

The monsters we create

Noah Charney
Maria Tatar (Sanford Kreisberg)

Forgotten fairy tales

Laura Miller
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