Vampires used to be considered as horrific, repulsive creatures.
However, over the years, this look of the vampires has changed to handsome, young males with excellent powers of seduction.
They are known for their erotic powers and their use of sexuality.
In the folklore of Eastern Europe, considered as the birthplace of vampires, they were considered as mythological characters that would emerge from gruesome corpses.
According to the folklore, the staple food of the vampires is the human blood which is sucked out of those living humans who fall prey to their charm and handsomeness.
It has been shown that vampires are incapable of taking in the food that is consumed by human beings.
They are also considered as sly creatures that trap humans with their good looks and sexuality to make them victims.
Vampires have skin whose colour is pale and the appearance is as if they are cold blooded creatures.
In the last half of the twentieth century, it was believed that the main power that controls the traits of a vampire is the movement of the moon.
It was said to have a great influence on the activities of vampires.
In vampire tales, the moon became iconic and it was explained that their lives were governed by its movements.
The moon's rays had the power to bring dead vampires back to life.
Vampires also came to be associated with sharp canines and fangs that were primarily meant for the purpose of sucking blood from the humans who had become their victims.
The fang marks on the neck of the victim became the bite-mark indicating that the vampire had sucked blood out of the victim.
The work of Bram Stokers, Dracula explains the traits of vampires in the best manner.
This novel serves as a reference for the vampire traits in fiction.
It is shown in the novel that the vampire Dracula takes the form of a bat or a wolf or even fog and dust.
The vampire has a pair of teeth protruding from the mouth and this trait has become the defining trait of the victims in fiction.