Vampires in Armenia

Armenia is a nation in West Asia and the first country to make Christianity its state religion, with the Armenian Apostolic Church being an Orthodox church that developed separately between the 5th-7th centuries. Armenians were subject to multiple massacres in the late 19th century by their Ottoman rulers, and spent most of the 20th century as part of the Soviet Union. Melton, J. G. (1999). The Vampire Book. 2 ed. p.23
== Dakhanavar ==
In 1854, Baron August von Haxthausen wrote a text, mentioned by Montague Summers, about the legend of Dakhanavar near Mount Ararat. Dakhanavar protected the valleys in the area from intruders, attacking travellers at night and drinking blood from their feet.
A pair of travellers learned about him and, when they came to sleep in the region, slept with their feet under each others' head. Dakhanavar, thinking that this was a monster with two heads and no feet, fled the region. 
== Further Reading ==
* The Vampire in Europe, Summers, M.
* Transcaucasia, von Haxthausen, A.
== See Also ==
* Vampires in Russia
== References ==
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