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Vampire Memes?
What are memes?
A meme [Pronounced: Me-Em-Mah] is an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture. [1]
The origin of the word "meme" comes from Richard Dawkins, a famous Evolutionary Biologist who coined the word in his 1976 book: The Selfish Gene. Dawkins used meme to describe a "unit of cultural transmission" that replicates and evolves like a gene.
Although vampires as a cultural concept has mutated and evolved, from historical accounts of people who were misunderstood, to mythical creatures found in folklore, to supernatural monsters found in popular Literature, are vampires memes? The vampire as a cultural concept seems to have transmuted from culture to culture.
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1. Merriam-Webster. Meme. In Merriam-Webster.com/dictionary. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meme
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