Editing Varney the Vampire (section)

==Legacy==
Scholars including A. Asbjørn Jøn have suggested that ''Varney'' was a major influence on later [[vampire fiction]], including ''[[Dracula]]'' (1897) by [[Bram Stoker]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280805194|title = From Nosteratu to Von Carstein: shifts in the portrayal of vampires|last = Jøn|first = A. Asbjørn|date = 2001|journal = Australian Folklore: A Yearly Journal of Folklore Studies|access-date = 30 October 2015|pages = 97–106|issue = 16}}</ref> Many of today's standard vampire tropes originated in ''Varney'': Varney has fangs, leaves two puncture wounds on the necks of his victims, comes through a window to attack a sleeping maiden, has hypnotic powers, and has superhuman strength.<ref name=AFP>Skal, David J. (1996). ''V is for Vampire''. p. 99. New York: Plume. {{ISBN|0-452-27173-8}}.</ref><ref name="Undead">Lisa A. Nevárez (2013). ''The Vampire Goes to College: Essays on Teaching with the Undead''. p. 125. McFarland {{ISBN?}}</ref> Unlike later fictional vampires, he is able to go about in daylight and has no particular fear of either crosses or garlic.<ref name="Hellman">{{cite book|last1=Hellman|first1=Roxanne|title=Vampire Legends and Myths|date=2011|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|page=217}}</ref> He can eat and drink in human fashion as a form of disguise, but he points out that human food and drink do not agree with him.<ref name="Hellman"/> This is also the first example of the "sympathetic vampire", a vampire who despises his condition but is nonetheless a slave to it.<ref name="Undead"/>