where did vampires come from?

Question

origin of vampire?

Answer 1

In books, they always mention Pensyvannia.

Answer 2

Well the origin of vampires did not really come from any one spot except the mind. We shall first look at what events/people/conditions that lead to the idea of the vampire. First there are several physiological disorders that could be seen as vampirism. Then there are also several psychological conditions that create behaviour of the vampire. Then there is the fact that the way the body decomposes makes it at certain points during decomposition that makes it look like the deceased has awoken and fed upon blood. Also diseases and plagues that needed explaination, as well as mysterious deaths, that could not be explained were given supernatural explainations.
Therefore from this we can ascertain that since all these conditions can come into existence in any country that vampires did not come from any one place. The origin of the vampire is the mind. Sure there was probably one person or culture that came to the idea of vampires first but as acurate data is scarce and we only have myths that were spread by word for possibly generations that it becomes irrelavant to find the people/culture that came up with it. The important thing however is that it came from the mind and that the train of thought was sparked by superstition, fear and unexplainable events. Every culture has myths of the dead coming back to life and feeding upon or killing the living mainly because it is a scary thought.
Also it is important to remember that vampires are more than just the dead come back to life to kill the living. They are the personification of that specific fear and when a fear is personified it is much easier to deal with. Once the fear is personified the people can deal with it by creating in their minds precautions and protection thereby putting the mind at rest.

Answer 3

WILL PEOPLE PLEASE STOP DISHING OUT THE MISINFORMATION THAT THE VAMPIRE MYTH CAME FROM VLAD DRACUL?

Bram Stoker wrote the novel "Dracula" in the late 1800s. Vlad Dracul, the subject of the book, was not associated with vampires before then. Myths about vampires and vampire-like creatures (basically, evil beings that feed upon the blood of other creatures) are much, MUCH older than that. They've been around for millennia. There seems to have been a sort of "independent invention" of vampire-like myths in many different places in the world (although this isn't unreasonable, since a nice generic frightening theme is a creature that feeds on blood).

A couple of good books are "The Vampire in Europe" and "The Vampire: His Kith and Kin" by Montague Summers. Loads of good information on original vampire myths and legends.

Answer 4

If you ask your average vampire movie fanatic, they will give you a history of Vlad Dracul, a Romanian nobleman. Watch the 1992 version of Bram Stoker's Dracula (or read the book, or look Dracul up online. . .) for the details on this guy. If you ask an Anne Rice fan, they will feed you her pretty awesome inventions about ancient Egyptian vampires. The ancient egyptians did not actually believe in this, but Anne Rice spins a good tale. The site listed below will give you a lot more information, and tell you the story of ANCIENT ANCIENT ANCIENT persian vampire myths.

Answer 5

Dracula was modeled after a really creepie dude Vlad The Impaler (a king in Transylvania) so most people think that that's where it came from so most people believe that vampires came from Transylvania but in reality vampire folklore went back way before Vlad they had different names and such. there is no real way to figure out where vampires originally came from because of how much lore about it that dates so far back. hope this helped

Answer 6

There was a man in eastern europe that ruled for a while called Vlad the Impailer. They say he was seriously demented. He was very cruel and tortured many people. This is where the idea of the first vampire comes from... "Count Dracula." If you want more info then look up Vlad the Impailer.

Answer 7

The myth came from the imaginations of peasants.
However there is some evidence that lends credence to both vampirism, and vulpinism.
There is a rare disease (not to be confused with the genetic anomaly That causes excessive growth of body hair) that causes the face to be fully haired, it also manifests itself as anemia, there will often be bleeding from the gums and corners of the eyes, and the gums my recede dramatically exposing the canine teeth, making them appear longer, much like the way skin shrivels on a corpse making it appear as if the nails and hair have grown.
This goes back most notably to the nobility of Europe, particularly Eastern Europe who became quite inbred (but gosh darn it, their cousins were just so cute) who became plagued with the debilitating effects of recessive genes.
From a rare recessive trait came our mythos of both the were wolf and the vampire.
Note, this does go back farther than here, these are just the notable incidences.

Answer 8

Vampires come form all over the world. They are not demons and they are not unholy, but they are still undead. They have their soul still in tack, there are good vampire and evil ones just like humans. They are the descends of Caine and Vlad the Impaler was just a human who when insane, but there are rumors that he was embraced by the devil, NOT vampires.

Answer 9

wikipedia -"Modern vampire mythology spread from Eastern Europe, however, early vampiric creatures have been described throughout the world — from Europe to Asia, from the Americas to the Pacific. Almost every nation has associated blood drinking with some kind of revenant or demon. "
It also mentioned Greece

Answer 10

I believe Demons may give the host the symptoms of that we call vampires.
I lived in West Papua, and heard a story about a local man who remembers flying over the trees, kidnapping kids and getting shot at by arrows.
before the missionaries came.

Answer 11

They originate from a gross exageration of a real life account involving Vlad Dracule of Transylvania (now part of Romania). He was schizophrenic and had a fettish about blood and biting people on the neck.