Vampire hunter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A vampire hunter or vampire slayer is a character in folklore and fiction who specializes in finding and destroying vampires, and sometimes other supernatural creatures. A vampire hunter is usually described as having extensive knowledge of vampires and other monstrous creatures, including their powers and weaknesses, and uses this knowledge to effectively combat them. In many works, vampire hunters are simply humans with more than average knowledge about the occult, while in others they are themselves supernatural beings, having superhuman abilities. A well known and influential vampire hunter is Professor Abraham Van Helsing, a character in Bram Stoker's 1. Dracula. Vampire hunters in folklore[edit]"Professional" or semi- professional vampire hunters played some part in the vampire beliefs of the Balkans (especially in Bulgarian, Serbian, and Romani folk beliefs).
In Bulgarian, the terms used to designate them included glog (lit. They were usually either born on Saturday (then called Sabbatarians,[1] Bulgarian s.
Гўbotnichav,[2] Greek sabbatiano. Г[1]) or the offspring of a vampire and a woman (typically his widow), called a dhampir in Romani or a vampirovi.
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Д‡ in Serbian. It was also believed that someone born on a Saturday could see a vampire when it was otherwise invisible[1][2][3] (and sometimes other supernatural entities as well); similarly for the dhampir. In the case of the Sabbatarians, it was believed in some places that they needed to be fed meat from a sheep killed by a wolf (Bulgarian v. Гўlkoedene); this would enable them not to fear the things that only they were able to see.
In Croatian and Slovenian legends, the villages had their own vampire hunters that were called kresniks, whose spirits were able to turn into animals at night to fight off the vampire or kudlak.[2][4][5]Vampire hunters in fiction[edit]The vampire hunter has found new popularity in modern fiction and popular culture. The most widely known example of a vampire hunter is Abraham Van Helsing of the novel Dracula and in other works of fiction adapting or modifying that work. Other more recent figures include Buffy "the Vampire Slayer" Summers from the television show and film of the same name. Buffy's spin- off series Angel is also focused on a vampire hunter, the titular star, Angel "the World's Champion," a vampire himself, is often portrayed battling vampires. Vampire hunters have also appeared in video games, such as Blood. Rayne. As well as being knowledgeable about vampire lore, vampire hunters in fiction are often armed with an eclectic mix of items and weapons which are designed to take maximum advantage of the monster's traditional weaknesses.
These have included firearms with silverammunition, appropriate religious symbols, crossbows that fire all wood bolts and even waterguns filled with blessed holy water in the movies The Lost Boys and From Dusk Till Dawn. The organizational strength of depicted vampire hunters can vary wildly. Most hunter characters are in small groups working alone and in secret. By contrast, the Hellsing Organization in the animetelevision series, Hellsing is a British government paramilitary strike force with access to troops, heavy combat vehicles and weapons and even allied vampires. While predominantly depicted as human, examples of other types of vampire hunters also exist.
Dhampiric figures, having a mix of human and vampire blood, are a popular form. Alucard from the Castlevania series,[6] and the eponymous hero of the Blade series of comic books, movies, television series, and anime, are both examples of dhampir vampire- hunters. Even rarer are vampire hunters that are vampires themselves. Two examples of this type can be found in Morbius from Ultimate Spider- Man, and Zero Kiryuu in the manga and anime series Vampire Knight. The image of the vampire hunter is often a mysterious and dramatic avenging hero, an eccentricextremist, a Mad scientist or sometimes a mix of both. A hunter may be a heroic figure, a villain (from the perspective of the vampire), a lonesome avenger, or sometimes, although not usually, a bounty hunter- style character, hunting Vampires for profit. Vampire hunters have also popularly been depicted as hunting various creatures such as werewolves, demons, and other forms of undead as well.
Others have been depicted as mages and cyborgs. Vampire hunting as a family tradition or birthright is a popular use of the archetype in fiction. Some Hunters devote their entire lives to the eradication of vampires, for others it is just a strange hobby. Of course with the job for human hunter, comes the risk of getting bitten and turned into vampires themselves.
More often than not fellow hunters usually do mercy killing to prevent them from becoming monsters. List of vampire hunters in fiction[edit]Abraham Lincoln from the novel Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame- Smith[7] and the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.[8]Abraham Van Helsing, Quincey Morris, Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, Dr.
John Seward, and Arthur Holmwood from the novel, Dracula, and some of its adaptations and spin- offs. Vampire Hunter D, a half human, half vampire, vampire hunter from the novels, manga and anime.
Vampire Hunter, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D+, and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. He is defined as a solo man who professionally hunts vampires during the year 1. Castlevania. Alucard (Adrian Farenheits Иљepe. И™) the son of Dracula, one of the protagonists of the Castlevania series. Due to his human mother, Lisa, Alucard is a dhampir, a half- human, half- vampire. The Belmont Clan and the Morris family from the Castlevania series of video games.
Almost all the main characters of Castlevania could be called vampire hunters. Lucy Coe, a popular character on General Hospital since 1. Port Charles. This included her undead cousin 'Rafe Kovich'. All supernatural elements were never mentioned on the mother series until 2. While originally explaining that the supernatural events on the spinoff were all in Lucy's mind, it has since been strongly implied that they did indeed occur but were erased from the town's collective memory. John Constantine, a magician, con man, and occult detective who occasionally fights vampires in stories from the Hellblazer and I.. Vampire. Hellsing.
Alucard (Dracula backwards) is a vampire from the Hellsing Organization, who, along with his master Integra Hellsing; servant/daughter/offspring, Seras Victoria; (retired) old friend, Walter C. Dornez; and Wild Geese captain, Pip Bernadotte hunt other vampires. Alexander Anderson works for the Vatican's secret Iscariot Organization (Section XIII), who act like the Hellsing Organization, but are more fundamental, and serve to fight for Catholicism, as opposed to Hellsing protecting the Protestantism.
Iscariot is more radical and fundamental exterminating any humans who ally themselves with the undead. Other members include their leader, Bishop (later Archbishop) Enrico Maxwell,his adviser Renaldo and other assassins, Heinkel Wolfe and Yumie Takagi. Django from the Boktai game series is a Vampire Hunter who seeks revenge over Count of Groundsoaking Blood (known as Count Hakushaku in Japan) for killing his father, Red Ringo.
The sequel series of Boktai, Lunar Knights, known in Japan as Bokura no Taiyou DS: Django & Sabata (ボクらの太陽DS: Django & Sabata lit. Our Sun DS: Django & Sabata"), also feature another vampire hunter named Lucian, known as Sabata in the Japanese release, who seeks revenge upon Duke Dumas for kidnapping and killing his beloved Ellen. Nick, Sean, and Megan from the film The Forsaken race against time to hunt down one of the first Vampires in existence.
Dr. Hesselius, from J. Sheridan Le Fanu collection of supernatural tales In a Glass Darkly. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy Summers, Slayers and other characters from the Buffy the Vampire Slayerfilm, TV series and comics.
Angel from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff show Angel, the only vampire with a soul, until the vampire Spike gains a soul and joins the rest of the cast in vampire hunting. Marley Davidson from the comic book series Marley Davidson, an exorcist and monster hunter. Father Callahan from the Stephen King novels 'Salem's Lot and the Dark Tower series. Solomon Kane, a character appearing in many works by Robert E.
Howard. Blade. Karl Vincent. Karl Vincent is the chief protagonist from the novel Last Rites: The Return of Sebastian Vasilis and is featured in the comic book Karl Vincent: Vampire Hunter.[9]The Sinclair Family from the anime version of Karin is sworn to hunt down the vampires of the Marker Clan.
The Sarafan knights from the Legacy of Kain series of video games. Also, the non- Sarafan vampire slayers, from the first game in the series (Blood Omen 1). Donovan Baine, of the Darkstalkers series of video games and animated series, also a dhampir.
Rayne from the video game series and movies Blood. Rayne is a vampire hunter and also a dhampir. Also, most of the Spookhouse members, from Nocturne (Blood.
Rayne is a spin- off of Nocturne). Jack Crow, and his "Team Crow" from the book Vampire$ by John Steakly, later adapted by John Carpenter for his movie Vampires.
Derek Bliss, from the movie Vampires: Los Muertos, also presented by John Carpenter as a pseudo sequel to the first movie. Anita Blake from Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of novels. Gabriel Van Helsing from the movie Van Helsing. Van Helsing is a member of a large organization called the Knights of the Holy Order who protect mankind from an evil they 'have no idea even exists'. Edgar Frog, Alan Frog, and Sam Emerson from The Lost Boys movie. Harry Keogh and others with E- Branch in Brian Lumley's Necroscope series.
Victoria Gardella from the The Gardella Vampire Chronicles series of historical novels beginning with The Rest Falls Away. Steve "Leopard" Leonard, from the Cirque Du Freak books by Darren Shan.
Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter, from the 1.