Try to hold back on the atheist indoctrination, please.
2007-02-24 12:21:57 · 8 answers · asked by Humphrey Beato 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Please remember that this is the folklore section.
2007-02-24 12:36:07 · update #1
Columba of Rieti (vs sorcery and witchcraft) might be, but I would go with Nicetas of Remesiana (Transylvania).
2007-02-24 13:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by kmsbean 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hi,
i hope this helps. :)
here's your answer:
November 29th: St. Andrew`s Eve
St. Andrew`s Eve is one of the most important nights in the folk calendar, being known as the �vampires` night�. They are going out and fight or dance at the crossroads or near the abandoned houses.
A great party called �guarding the garlic� is held on this night. The young people from the village gather in a house whose windows and doors were grazed with garlic. Other pieces of garlic are put in a vase, every girl bringing three. They will be guarded by an old woman, at the light of the candles. The young people party until morning, when the vase is taken out in the yard and they dance around it. The pieces of garlic are then given to the participants and they will be put at the icons, being used as a mean of protection against illness or spells.
In order to protect themselves against the vampires, the people graze the doors with garlic, thus forming crosses and turn the pottery with the face to the ground. The vampire can`t enter the house so he appears at the window and tries to attract people, calling them and asking them if they ate garlic. The people must not answer, otherwise becoming dumb.
Nine cups of water are put in a vase and placed under an icon. If the next day the water is lesser, that person will be unlucky.
The animals talk on this night, but people shouldn`t listen to them, as they will die.
The girls can find their destined one. In order to do this, they must go to a fountain with a candle and look inside. In the water they will see the face of their future husband. Another way to find him is dreaming. They put 41 grains of wheat under the pillow and if they dream the wheat is stolen from them, they will get married soon.
2007-02-24 12:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by Sandra Dee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if there are vampires I think the Holy Mother or definitely God. What if the vampire doesn't believe in God and isn't actually affected by that stuff. If there is a such thing as vampirism it's probably just a medical conditions.
2007-02-24 12:28:55 · answer #3 · answered by mackenzie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I couldn't find any saits to protect against vampires, but several come close enough, depending on the vampire situation:
against attacks by animals
Gratus of Aosta
Vitus
against pain; cures from pain; pain relief
Madron
against nightmares
Raphael the Archangel
against stiff neck
Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
against sudden death
Aldegundis
Andrew Avellino
Barbara
Christopher
healthy throats; against throat diseases or ailments
Andrew the Apostle
Blaise
Etheldreda
Godelieve
Ignatius of Antioch
Lucy of Syracuse
Swithbert
against wild beasts:
Amabilis
Blaise
Vitus
against sorcery; against witchcraft
Benedict
Columba of Rieti
blood banks
Januarius
blood donors
Our Lady of the Thorns
the recently dead
Gertrude of Nivelles
possessed people; against demonic or diabolic possession
Amabilis
Bruno
Cyriacus
Denis
Dymphna
Lucian
Lucy Bufalari
Marcian
Margaret of Fontana
Quirinus
Ubaldus Baldassini
desperate, forgotten, impossible or lost causes or situations
Jude Thaddeus
Gregory Thaumaturgus
Philomena
Rita of Cascia
difficult situations
Eustachius
enemies of religion
Sebastian
against evil spirits
Agrippina
Demetrius of Sermium
Quirinus
fear of night; noctiphobia; noctiphobics
Giles
graveyards
Anthony the Abbot
hemorraghes
Lucy of Syracuse
kidnap victims
Arthelais
Dagobert II
Simon of Trent
Wernher
William of Norwich
prolonged suffering
Lydwina of Schiedam
travellers
Alexius
Anthony of Padua
Balthasar
Bona of Pisa
Botulph
Brendan the Navigator
Brigid of Ireland
Caspar
Christopher
Francis da Paola
Gertrude of Nivelles
Gertrude the Great
Infant Jesus of Prague
Joseph
Julian the Hospitaller
Martha
Mary, Blessed Virgin
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Melchior
Nicholas of Myra
Nino de Atocha
Raphael the Archangel
Sebastian of Aparicio
Valentine
torture victims
Agatha
Alban
Armogastes
Bibiana
Blandina
Charles Lwanga
Cyriacus of Ionium
Edmund of East Anglia
Epipodius
Eulalia
Eustachius
Genesius
Hugh the Little
James Intercisus
John Rigby
Julia of Corsica
Julitta
Mamas
Margaret Ward
Pantaleon
Pelagius
Regina
Richard Gwyn
Sabas
Simon of Trent
Theodota
Victor of Marseilles
William of Norwich
2007-02-24 13:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Terisu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. no vampires in catholic branch
2. saints are historical figures in christianity ,not angels. you dont invoke them.
2007-02-24 12:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by Booter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no...saints are a pagan tradition from Constantine and the pope trying to get pagans to join the church...."saints" have no power
2007-02-24 12:25:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so. Vampires aren't exactly real.
2007-02-24 12:25:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are no vampires so no!!
2007-02-24 12:25:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋