The Origins of Revenant Creatures

Ancient cultures spoke of creatures that, while not immediately similar to the vampires we know to day, shared many corps characteristics. Revenants were said to return from the grave to torment their living relatives and neighbors. Apusa was said to lure young men at night and then feast on their blood before moving on to the main course their flesh. Another greek tale involves lamia, a mistress of zeus who becomes cursed by zeus's wife, hera, and is doomed to hunt children, devouring them.