what started the vampire theory ,and are they really real?

Answer 1

King Sigismund of Hungary, who became the Holy Roman Emperor in 1410, founded a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Its emblem was a dragon, wings extended, hanging on a cross. Vlad III’s father (Vlad II) was admitted to the Order around 1431 because of his bravery in fighting the Turks. From 1431 onward Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol.
The word for dragon in Romanian is "drac" and "ul" is the definitive article. Vlad III’s father thus came to be known as "Vlad Dracul," or "Vlad the dragon." In Romanian the ending "ulea" means "the son of". Under this interpretation, Vlad III thus became Vlad Dracula, or "the son of the dragon." (The word "drac" also means "devil" in Romanian. The sobriquet thus took on a double meaning for enemies of Vlad Tepes and his father.We do not know exactly why Bram Stoker chose this fifteenth century Romanian prince as a model for his fictional character. Some scholars have proposed that Stoker had a friendly relationship with a Hungarian professor from the University of Budapest, Arminius Vambery (Hermann Vamberger) , and it is likely that this man gave Stoker some information about Vlad Tepes Dracula. Moreover, the fact that Dr. Abraham Van Helsing mentions his "friend Arminius" in the 1897 novel as the source of his knowledge on Vlad seems to support this hypothesis. It should also be kept in mind that the only real link between the historical Dracula (1431-1476) and the modern literary myth of the vampire is in fact the 1897 novel; Stoker made use of folkloric sources, historic references and some of his own life experiences to create his composite creature. On the other hand, it is worth mentioning that Vlad Dracula's political detractors - mainly German Saxons - made use of the other meaning of the Romanian word "Dracul" - "Devil" - in order to blacken the prince's reputation.
Vlad became quite known for his brutal punishment techniques; he often ordered people to be skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled, hanged, burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive, stabbed, etc. He also liked to cut off noses, ears, sexual organs and limbs. But his favorite method was impalement on stakes, hence the surname "Tepes" which means "The Impaler" in the Romanian language. Even the Turks referred to him as "Kaziglu Bey," meaning "The Impaler Prince." It is this technique he used in 1457, 1459 and 1460 against Transylvanian merchants who had ignored his trade laws. The raids he led against the German Saxons of Transylvania were also acts of proto-nationalism in order to protect and favour the Wallachian commerce activities.
There are many anecdotes about the philosophy of Vlad Tepes Dracula. He was for instance particularly known throughout his land for his fierce insistence on honesty and order. Almost any crime, from lying and stealing to killing, could be punished by impalement. Being so confident in the effectiveness of his law, Dracula placed a golden cup on display in the central square of Tirgoviste. The cup could be used by thirsty travelers, but had to remain on the square. According to the available historic sources, it was never stolen and remained entirely unmolested throughout Vlad's reign. Dracula was also very concerned that all his subjects work and be productive to the community. He looked upon the poor, vagrants and beggars as thieves. Consequently, he invited all the poor and sick of Wallachia to his princely court in Tirgoviste for a great feast. After the guests ate and drank, Dracula ordered the hall boarded up and set on fire. No one survived.

Answer 2

Well, a long long time ago, a prince died, and some guy made up the myth that he had to drink human blood to stay alive, and every person who gets bitten by a vampire has to become one right?
And a vampire must bite one person per week.
Well, that can be prooven wrong by math, because the vampires would be making more vampires at a rate that would eventually lead to us all being vampires. Which is obviously wrong, sense you aren't a vampire and neither am i.
yeah, they're fake.

Answer 3

The vampire story actually started in Western Europe (England, France, so on), not in Romania. The movie/mythical vampire doesn't really exist. There are those who do drink blood in order to get energy, but they can't turn into bats, or fog, or can only die in special ways. There are the psychic vampires to consider too. Those do exist. They drain psychic energy from people, the majority have donors as do the blood drinking vampires, instead of blood for energy. Of course, that's only one type of psychic vampire. Another type is the kind that uses and abuses those around him or her. For instance; you Aunt Gertrude wants a ride from you to her poker game, so she'll tell a sad story or say that you owe her a favor for a random gift she got you or say that she's family and you should help family. Those ones are the ones you really should look out for. They'll soak up your resources and spit you out when your resources are dried up. I hope that helps.

Answer 4

The theory that I've heard is about a very cruel man they called Vlad the impaler who lived in the region generally thought of when hearing about Dracula. I believe he was real but have not authenticated it. He was supposed to kill pople and impale their heads on a pole and display them.I don't believe that there are real vampires although there may be some people who like to think they are and drink human blood. pass the garlic please! wooden stake anyone?

Answer 5

Myths and legends of vampires are nearly as old and universal as tales of were-creatures. We have Bram Stoker's novel DRACULA to thank for belief in the Western vampire. People forget that the novel was... Fiction.

Vampires, if they exist, are NOT the glamorous, seductive, urbane creatures of Si Fi and Hollywood who shun the light, the Cross of Christ, possess superhuman powers and 'live forever.' They are pathetic, parasitic creatures that subside on the blood or life energy of others.

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Answer 6

Vampires are REAL, and they do walk among us. There are some people that are vampires and that don't even know it, there are some that are vampires and are aware. IT is TRUE though, whether you choose to beleive it or not. Ever since the dracula thing, and religion and people thinking that vampires aer evil and damned and whatnot. there has always been the theory.

Answer 7

I think that the vampire myth started with Vlad the Implaer. HE was a Romanian prince who loved having people impaled and would eat in the graden with the dead bodies near him on stakes. Although, the Dracula, began with BRam Stoker after he had his legendary dream and decided to write about it. I think that vampires are as reall as you want them to be. I you want them to exist they wull, and if you don't want them to exist, they would exist.

Answer 8

The vampire theory is based on two people on being Elizabeth Bathory who would bath in young virgins girls blood because she thought it kept her skin looking younger and the other is Vlad the Implaer whos nick name was Dracula and he would impale people on wodden stakes and than have dinner parties and dip his bread in their blood

Answer 9

Almost every culture has some sort of vampire legend or myth. Whether they exist among us depends on how you define "vampire".

Answer 10

Vampires were actually cannibalistic (they were only cannibalistic because they ran out of food) pirates who were stranded on trasilvainia and only 11 people were left and their leader was a man whos name was abbritchi.abbrichi found out that the villagers beleved it to be wrong to harm any one for eating and so on hearin this he killed all the remaining men he built a castel with the gold on the ship and was very and rich but to get over the urge of the taste of flesh was very difficult he married 25 young girls and they all dissapeared soon the remains of the girls were found and 10 hnters then hunted him but he escaped them and with the shame of lettin him ascape they said he could not be killed and had all the powers you hear about