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Lady '''Carmilla Sanguina''' ([[1560s|1561]]-[[1750s|1757]]) was a [[vampire]]. |
Lady '''Carmilla Sanguina''' ([[1560s|1561]]-[[1750s|1757]]) was a [[vampire]]. |
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She took baths in the blood of her victims in the belief that doing so would help her to retain her youth and beauty. |
She took baths in the blood of her victims in the belief that doing so would help her to retain her youth and beauty. |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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Revision as of 04:02, 7 February 2010
Lady Carmilla Sanguina (1561-1757) was a vampire. She took baths in the blood of her victims in the belief that doing so would help her to retain her youth and beauty.
Behind the scenes
- Lady Sanguina may have been been inspired by Elizabeth Báthory, a 16th-century Hungarian countess who was accused of killing young women, then bathing in their blood.
- Carmilla is a Gothic 19th-century novel written by Sheridan Lefanu and starring a female vampire with that name. The story has been adapted to cinema and comic-books, with the character (or similar characters with the same name) appearing in other franchises.
- The surname Sanguina is derived from the Latin sanguineus, which means "of blood," "bloody," or "bloodthirsty."