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I have no idea where all the myths originate from....interestig none the less!
There would be another discussion nosferatu/vampire/vampyre.....potato/patoto
Personally, I found the sunlight thing to be a dissapointment. Yes, Rayna, I'm afraid your right. I may have to lead this. I'm not sure if members really want to go and buy those books I mentioned just to look stuff up for this. There are websites you can go to though. LOL.
I wrote a term paper on this when I was in college and was taking a class in the Occult. I just thought the whole thing was really fascinating.
I wrote a term paper on this when I was in college and was taking a class in the Occult. I just thought the whole thing was really fascinating.

Keep them coming!

Vampires burst into flames upon exposure to sunlight
Source: Most likely based on observations of a vampire's extreme reaction to sunlight
Fact: Sunlight renders vampires, with their hyperdilated irises, blind. It also causes neural pathways to fire randomly in the vampire brain, creating an extreme epileptic reaction. As dramatic as this reaction may appear, it will not be enough to start a fire.
Thanks. Oh, and I found that paper I wrote in college that I was talking about, the one on Vampire Mythology. I also found one I wrote on Bram Stoker's research for Dracula.
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that's an interesting site. Just so we're clear on this...I don't believe in vampires...that would be insane! I've just read books on the mythology and find it fascinating.

Rayna wrote: "WHAT......you dont believe inn vampires!!!! laugh (ps....dont tell Tiff that she may fire you *wink*)"
are you serious??
are you serious??


I could def help, but ima let this b ur baby. ;-)
But if u want any feedback lemme know, or any research.
Or how about my fave, emo vamps (Psychic Vampires). Did an article on that one. ;-)
But if u want any feedback lemme know, or any research.
Or how about my fave, emo vamps (Psychic Vampires). Did an article on that one. ;-)
LOL...any posts you wanna make is appreciated. The Psychic Vampire thing sounds cool. It's up to you. LOL.

LOL. That would be Riley Jenson series. There was a nest of Emo Vamps that Quinn helped Riley to take down. ;-)


Vampires having to be invited into a persons residence!!!!
I have always thought this was a good point and wished it true for all vampires. Even though some authors don't hold this one myth in high regard i think that vampires should have to be invited in and that their invitation can be rescinded at any time. Which then will lead into the subject of sacred ground im sure and other relics like the crosses, garlic, and holy water! crosses....yes only the ones made of silver....garlic....no that one is redundant.....holy water....hmmm well the jury is still out on that one! Should vampires be allowed to visit the church! Well my answer is no they shouldn't....which then would lead into the vampire possessing a soul....laugh i could probably go on forever and link all pieces vampirism is founded on.....but i will regress and get back to invitations!
Maybe would should tackle each one!!!! and then maybe some references from readings to back up our points!!!
So any stories people that have you for or against the theory of invitations???


Kindle Daily Deal: Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories ($1.99)
Before Twilight, vampires haunted popular culture around the world in the nineteenth century. In Dracula’s Guest, Michael Sims gathers the best vampire stories of the Victorian era, a collection that highlights their cultural variety. Sims rounds out the anthology with a chapter omitted from Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, Dracula.
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I've seen this book in stores before and it looks pretty good. It's all about the nineteenth century vamps (the ones that could walk in daylight). Since I've just bought Carmilla, The Vampyre, and love Stoker's Dracula so much, I'm all for this book. I'll add it to my TBR list.

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found this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire)
The causes of vampiric generation were many and varied in original folklore. In Slavic and Chinese traditions, any corpse that was jumped over by an animal, particularly a dog or a cat, was feared to become one of the undead. A body with a wound that had not been treated with boiling water was also at risk. In Russian folklore, vampires were said to have once been witches or people who had rebelled against the Russian Orthodox Church while they were alive.
Interesting, Bite Me.
I have heard about the cat thing before. Thanks for that. I'll try and come up with some info and post.
I have heard about the cat thing before. Thanks for that. I'll try and come up with some info and post.

I have heard about the cat thing before. Thanks for that. I'll try and come up with some info and post."
cool...... any thing having to do with vampire lore is pretty much my addiction lol

yea well........ i'm kind of sickly addicted to vampires lmao i even have my vampire fang ring lol
A vampire fang ring? LOL. Cool. I used to have a pair of vampire fangs that I wore on Halloween. Don't really do it anymore though.

lol it's actualy pretty cute the ring i have lol


lmao ....... =)

LOL i got it in the city Manhattan =) some goth store =) but i think they have them on ebay maybe cheeper than what i $ for it

http://www.vampires.com/my-vampire-ch..."
i want the vampire kit heheheh ooooh cheek out http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=... there way cheaper =)
Books mentioned in this topic
V Is for Vampire: An Illustrated Alphabet of the Undead (other topics)The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead (other topics)
Vampires: The Occult Truth (other topics)
The Vampire Encyclopedia (other topics)
The Science of Vampires (other topics)
Name a legend and talk about the lore behind it. I'll start off.
Sunlight.
Most people think that the idea of vampires burning in the sun came from the mythology. This is not Entirely true. In Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Count could walk around in the sun. He just couldn't shapshift in it and preferred to sleep in his coffin/box of Earth during the day. The burning to ash in the sunlight started with the 1922 silent film, Nosferatu. The Director, F. W. Murnau basically took the plot from Dracula without the Stoker family's permission, and he came up with the sunlight thing to avoid copyright infringment.