Snape a Dhampire?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 58156

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fridwulfa" 
<rubeus_hagrid at w...> wrote:

> Me, Izaskun:
> First time I hear of Dhampires. Do they drink blood, too?  
Sounds interesting. <<

I think the term "Dhampire" comes from a role-playing game, but 
the concept is found in actual folklore. In Eastern Europe there 
were stories about vampire spirits which  could take physical 
form long enough to mate with human beings and spawn 
offspring.

 These vampires were said to feed on vital energy, not blood. But 
JKR has a habit of combining various folklore and literary 
traditions to come up with her creations.

Pippin