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* This comes up at the end of ''[[I Am Legend]]'' following [[The Reveal]] that not all of the vampires are mindless, bloodthirsty monsters. The vampire-hunting protagonist realizes that, to the vampires, he has become a terrifying figure, a myth of godlike proportions. Basically, he's become a legendary monster that ''vampires'' tell each other ghost-stories about.

* In [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s ''Dream Quest to Unknown Kadath'' servants of Nyarlathotep, including (and especially) the monstrous [[Giant Flyer|Shantak birds]] are absolutely terrified of Nightgaunts, because they serve Nodens, Nyarlathotep's mortal enemy and the only being who really poses any kind of threat to him in the Dreamlands.

* [[Our Ghouls Are Creepier|Ghouls]] and [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]] have been known to run away screaming at the sight of [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]].

** Early in ''[[The Dresden Files|Changes]]'' Harry comes face-to-face with a Red Court vampire. Keep in mind, a Red Court vampire can disembowel a half dozen mortal combatants in a matter of seconds, and this one in particular is one of the Court's best assassins. On seeing Harry, it [[Screams Like a Little Girl|shrieks in terror]] and ''[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|bolts through a wall]]'' in the process of running for its life. Of course, over the course of the war, Harry has garnered himself [[The Dreaded|a bit of a reputation]].