The ancient Greek myths are full of beings that bear a striking resemblance to the vampires of later folklore.

“Curse tablets,” also known as “defixiones ... While several have been found with inscriptions in Greek and Latin across the Mediterranean world, few have been recovered in Celtic ...

The moment she had spoken this curse, the peasants, driven by an unseen force, dived into the pool. They swam to the bottom and back up to the surface again, only to dive again and again.