Or is that just Buffy-lore?
In more detail, what I mean is, if (I mean this hypothetically of course :P) someone said they were made a vampire, could they also say "I was sired"?
Only I've never heard anything like that before.. Except in Buffy. And, story-writing, it would be nice to say something short like that instead of... 'He-made-me-a-vampire'.
Thanks in advance :)
2007-11-30 10:42:13 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I looked up the word "sire" in the dictionary. It's defined as "an animal's male parent".
I guess that would make sense, but I wanted to know if it was actually used in vampire folklore, or if it could be used for a female, in this case?
2007-11-30 10:56:03 · update #1
You looked up the noun sire (meaning "the father"). But it's also a verb, meaning "to father" or "to cause to exist". So when a vampire "turns" a human (to use another Buffy expression), s/he is the one responsible for the creation of a new vampire. Some author liked that term, so that's what s/he used.
The new vampire show "Moonlight" uses the word "sire" as well.
Kind of funny to think about it, but what if the "sire" was female? Did SHE "father" a vampire?
2007-11-30 12:13:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dean M. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sire Dictionary
2016-12-11 10:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vampires who haven't been born vampiric are often "sired" which by our terms is to be bitten or claimed by a pure vampire. Which is what happened to me.
2007-11-30 16:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by Ivan VT 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all made up, so whatever some novelist has called it, that's the term. Why not introduce some new vocabulary and make it really funny!
2007-11-30 10:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by Snow Globe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, THE VAMPIRE WHO TURNED THE HUMAN IS CALLED THE SIRE. SO THE PERSON WHO WAS TURNED WOULD CALL THE MASTER VAMP SIRE OR WOULD SAY I WAS SIRED.
2007-11-30 10:47:32 · answer #5 · answered by ghostwolf 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋