The light of the full moon is just reflected sunlight, precisely the same as the real thing - it just takes a few seconds longer to get here. It should knacker vampires just as assuredly as 'proper' sunlight, but this never happens. Why is that?
2006-10-09 02:47:12 · 20 answers · asked by ANGUS 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Don't give me any pseudo-scientific cobblers about 'reflected' sunlight - everyone knows you can kill vampires by bouncing sunlight off any handy reflective surface, Regency mirrors being a big favourite.
2006-10-09 03:24:06 · update #1
Wrong, moonlight is nothing like sunlight. They are two different thing's. The moon is a planet and the sun is a star. The light coming from the moon is not as effective as the light coming from the sun. In fact, when we are conceived, our skin begins making a special pigment that protect's us from the U.V ray's of the sun. People born without this addition to the skin risk extreme danger when they go near any kind of U.V light. It is a very rare disease, but I can't think of the name of it. But, anyway, the sun contains U.V ray's and the moon does not.
2006-10-09 09:04:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kristen B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's no where near as strong as direct sunlight, and it's much easier to stay out of moonlight - I mean, compare day with night, look at how much darker it is at night, if the moon did a decent job of reflecting sunlight it would be much brighter at night, but usually it would be pitch dark if it wasn't for artificial light, so it's quite safe for vampires.
Plus they have a special relationship with the night - perhaps the moon alters the light somehow? Like werewolves - they transform with the light of the full moon, but they can't do it with sunlight, can they? There must be something different about moonlight.
2006-10-09 10:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by reddragon105 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got to say that any one answering this question saying 'oooh! vampires don't exist so this is a pointless question' or any thing like that is a tw4t! This is the myths and folklaw section! It's not supposed to be about real life stuff, but about MYTHS and FOLKLAW!!!! W4NKERS!
Any way, as to an answer, well it's all ready been answered loads, the sunlight is being reflected off the moon, so they are not in direct sunlight. I'd say that the stars are too far away to make an effect. As fo the A-bomb, surly that would anialate them. If it were just the light it'd prob burn them, but I doubt it'd be there long enough to kill them.
2006-10-09 10:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by Dunk 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lestat tells me it is because of the dark background when there is a full moon but when there is sunlight the background is lite up by the rays of sun.So a much stronger light when the sun shines. Logical.... Moonlight & Sunlight two opposites whilst being fundamentally the same.
2006-10-09 10:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's great fun to think about, but since vampires (apart from the real bats) do not and never did exist, it's a rather pointless discussion, isn't it.
As for it being the myths and folklore section, myths and folklore are genuine studies (related to group psychology and social history) not places for pure childish fiction.
In any case, the "typical" vampire legend is based on Bram Stoker's novel - hardly folklore, just a good moderately recent story.
In other words, there's a difference between folklore and fantasy.
2006-10-09 09:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What would happen if a vampire was caught in the light created by an exploding H-bomb? It's the same physical process (nuclear fusion) which creates sunlight. Would that do for a vampire? I think we should be told.
2006-10-09 09:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not straight sunlight.
It has to be direct. It could possibly be reflected off of something, maybe a mirror, but the moon and stars don't provide strong enough light.
2006-10-09 12:50:51 · answer #7 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vampires are fantasy created by the film industry and based very loosely on Brahm Stokers book set partly in Whitby where he wrote it. As it's a fantasy story you can have them do what ever floats your boat.
One answer correctly stated that this section is Mythology & Folklore category. I think he'll find vampires don't belong under either.
2006-10-09 10:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's because "proper" sunlight is more intense and they'd get it in too high a dose?
Maybe we can expand your question to starlight too.. there are millions of stars in the night sky that is similar to the sun. So on a clear night, there are millions of light sources similar to that of the sun...
2006-10-09 09:52:27 · answer #9 · answered by k² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When light is reflected off a surface (i.e. the Moon), some wavelengths are absorbed - hence we see things in colour.
Maybe vampires are allergic to those wavelengths that are absorbed by the moon?
2006-10-09 12:48:01 · answer #10 · answered by magooio 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋