Abhartach

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Abhartach (pronounced [ˈəuɾˠt̪ˠəx]; Irish for 'dwarf'), also Avartagh, is an early Irish legend, which was first collected in Patrick Weston Joyce's The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870). The central figure bears many striking similarities to later ideas of vampires. Some 21st-century scholars have theorised that the legend may have served as an inspiration for Irish author Bram Stoker in his creation of Dracula. In some accounts Abhartach is combined with the similarly named Abarta, a figure associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill.

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