Why is it said that vampires have the urge to count everything, grains of sand to grains of rice..etc?
2007-02-15 14:09:58 · 14 answers · asked by gamereaper3 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I looked vampires up on wikipedia. It mentions vampires and counting but not why.
2007-02-15 14:22:05 · update #1
The absolute BEST book I've ever read on the subject of Vampires, and the history of the vampire folklore, is called "Vampires, Burial, and Death" by Paul Barber. It explains all of that. Read it--it's SO interesting!
http://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Burial-Death-Folklore-Reality/dp/0300048599
2007-02-15 14:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of the problem but I do not have a correct and provable explanation yet. Although I have a few theories:
1. Perhaps these little things remember them to their eternal suffering from bloodlust. The number of days, weeks, years they spent in suffering...
2. Perhaps someone cursed them to count these things because they were so brutal and predatory animal, that they did not count the number of their victims, so each and every vampire must think of it how much lives did he took over the years.
3. It is just a fairy tale. I mean the church or the folks created these superstitions about vampires to make them easier to deal with. This is why vampires are afraid of sunlight and garlic.
4. They wanted to reach the eternal knowledge through vampirism, since they live forever. And this ancient desire for knowledge forces them to KNOW the number of these things.
I hope I could help.
2007-02-16 06:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by leomcholwer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as you know a vampires lifespan is eternity.To count the grains of sand or rice is the vampires method of affirmity of the years of his/her toll.If there were no grains of sand or no rice or pebbles to count ,the vampire would know that it was the end of eternity and therefore evaporate into nothingness.
2007-02-15 22:22:56 · answer #3 · answered by evon stark 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They have a form of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)apparently according to old folklore. They are killers with a need for order in thier immortal lives. Chaos disturbes their habits. I'm not weird or anything just have a Cajun aunt that used to tell us those stories when we were little.
2007-02-15 23:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by tiosharaveen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason is because they are going to live forever so they count everything because they can count the days of their lives but they dont need to. You understand.
2007-02-16 17:54:24 · answer #5 · answered by Emily and Samara Rose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's only the count on "Sesame Street". At least as far as I know.
2007-02-15 22:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by serenity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only count i know of is the one on sesame street
2007-02-15 22:28:11 · answer #7 · answered by -emo elmo- 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean like the count on Sesame Street? "1 batty bat, 2 batty bats, 3 batty bats ah ah ah!"
2007-02-15 22:16:45 · answer #8 · answered by tweetybird37406 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Never heard of that.
2007-02-15 22:12:47 · answer #9 · answered by Hi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
errr..maybe vampires are like accountant where they are more calculative ? :p
2007-02-15 22:37:18 · answer #10 · answered by zirconiag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋