Revenant
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In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been resurrected to haunt the living. The word revenant is derived from the Old French word revenant 'returning'.
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Vampire
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A vampire is a mythical creature with a human-like appearance that subsists by feeding on the vital essence of humans. In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that visit loved one
Revenant
…reportedly a hot-bed of revenant superstition. The term "revenant" has been used interchangeably with "ghost" by folklorists. While some maintain that vampires derive from Eastern European folklore and revenants derive from Western European folklore, many assert that revenant is a generic term for the undead…
The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897
Vampire (1895) by Edvard Munch
A runestone with an inscription to keep the deceased in its grave
800-year-old skeleton found in Bulgaria stabbed through the chest with an iron rod