@joefromchicago,
Yeh, most Stoker lore (although trying to sound ancient, was made up for his story about a specific named
strigoi )
Karadzic never mentioned the "need to be invited through the "threshold of a home" also many of the earlier folklorists.
Krdzic recalls the lore that , in order to see whether a vampire is real is to bid him come two times, or, if you sieh to stop a vampire pursuing you, spill mustard seeds on the ground and the vampire is COMPELLED to stop and pick them up before continuing
All the "creature of the night" **** and Dracula not leaving a reflection in a mirror was all SToker's tale spinning.