Also do you know how it did? What did the first vampire drink? In what Countery did it statred and most importenly What scared it away?
2006-06-27 12:45:17 · 4 answers · asked by Sekkennight 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Can say I know who it did. BUT
It stared in China
There was a out break of Rabies in humans (you know foaming at the month)
The first Vampire did not drink blood, He drank your assents or soul.
The only thing to scare it away was a smelly sock form your left foot. And there you have it.
2006-06-27 15:34:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Vampire mythology started from fears and superstitions in the middle east about creatures that would come out at night and suck the blood from the living.
Read "Dracula" by Bram Stoker for the best interpretation and all. It's an amazing book! Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" is also a fantastic book for those interested in vampires. Even if you're not all that interested, it's still a great book. Both explain a lot about vampire myths, beliefs, characteristics, etc.
2006-06-27 12:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by chica_zarca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up 'Vlad The Impaler' on the net (historical) or in the library. Vlad was famous for his torture tactics and a blood fetish and inspired many slavic legends featuring vampiric figures (among others). The modern day Vampires, as well as those appearing in victorian age novels (Dracula, Nosferatu. etc.), are mostly modeled after figures apearing in those european legends. Also check out 'soul-drinkers' and 'incubus/incubi' (demons and demonology). these mythological creatures 'sucked' the life, essence, energy and yes, blood out of their victims. Also, uncomfortable as it is to hear, blood drinking has long been at the center of religious rites and mystical practices, whether literally or figuratively (Blood of Christ) practiced. The blood was believed by many to hold the life force, power, abilities, traits, knowledge and even memories of a being, and comsuming it would cause the 'drinker' to absorb them.
2006-06-27 13:10:14 · answer #3 · answered by tankboy444 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many "creation" stories for vampires as we know them, but vampires, as most people know them, are based on Eastern European legends of creatures that had to drink the blood of the living to survive. In some accounts these were demons cursed to live a mortal life and know death, in others they are humans who are cursed to feed on their fellow man for various reasons.
The most popular "vampire" creation story is that of Vald Tepish, a Transilvainia count living a few centuries after Rome fell who committed brutal murders of enemy armies and local peasantry in the name of God. Eventually, some legends claim, he became so proud that he declared himself equal, if not better, than God and needing no one but himself in the world. God then cursed him to need the blood of the living (specifically the innocent) to survive and banished him from the light of day, as the sun was symbolically the eye of God. The movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" shows yet another version of the legend, where Vald was cursed for defouling a chruch after his wife committed suicide.
Another more modern creation story for vampires comes from the Middle Ages when Christian ministers and priest tried to explain the local folk-lore of beast feeding on human blood and devouring human souls. They claimed these beasts to be the decendants of Cain, Adam and Eve's first born son, who killed his own brother in an attempt to please God. God, in turn marked Cain as evil and cast him out into wilderness. Since the bible never specifically said what Cain's curse was, these Middle Age priests declared it to be vampirism.
Because God was the creator of vampires in the above to stories, holy or blessed items, icons and symbols are said to drive vampires away and sun light destroyes them. But there are many more legends and myths, creation stories and tales of vampires from all over the world and for that reason there are many other ways to scare away a vampire. Garlic and certain flowers are said to drive them away because they represent life where the vampire dwells in death. Salt also keeps them at bay because as a preservative it slows down the decay process and causes them pain. Vampires also can not cross over running water because they are cursed to remain on the solid earth of their homeland.
Medically speaking, there is a rare blood disease that makes people's skin pale and sensitive to light. People with this disease are also unable to produce certain proteins their bodies need to survive and often craft protein rich foods like red meats and (to some extreme) blood. Historians believe it is early incarnations of this disease that the vampire legend is based on.
~~ Abaddon
2006-06-27 13:30:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋