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It depends what kind of vampire it is and on where and more importantly when it is. Legends of vampires, or at least "vampire like" creatures can be found from the worlds earliest civilizations and from Japan to pre-Columbian America, from the Arctic to South Africa. Western societies concept of a vampire is based on Eastern European, mostly Slavic, stories, especially from the early 1700's when there was an outbreak of sightings, grave openings and stakings of vampires.

Few, if any, of the original stories, or the lore they were based on,mention any metal that vampires can not touch. Some Romany traditions do say that all the body openings of a vampire must be closed with steel needle and pins. In some places an iron or steel rod. not a wooden stake, had to be driven thru the heart,

in other places decapitation with a stell blade was required to kill a vampire.

Modern Vampire stories are created by authors to reflect contemporary society and while based on ancient lore can often have little resemblance to original characteristics. Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, can be considered the basis of modern vampire lore. There were novels before it, one by Stoker himself, but Dracula was the first really succesful novel and gained wide spread audience. As well as inspiring many imitators, plays and movies. Stoker combined elements of various vampire legends as well as legends of other creatures to create his Dracula. Stoker used the Texan hero's steel Bowie knife to decapitate Dracula as well as staking is heart and burning the corpse.

Silver causing burns if a vampire touches it is a recent addition, from the 1800's. It was probably borrowed from silver's effects on other creatures, were wolves, witches, "spirits" , especially demons, devils , and other beings sent by Satan. The effects of silver are primarily from areas with Christian influence. Perhaps because of the association with Judas and the 30 pieces, silver was seen as a holy metal. This may be why a vampire has no reflection in a mirror, early glass mirrors were made with a backing of real silver. But some legends say vampires were souless, souless beings in general cast no shadoe or reflection in any thing. But other areas say vampires have an undying soul.

In other places and times, various metals have detrimental effects on various creatures. Gnomes, elves, trolls can't touch iron; gold affects some things, iron doesn't but steel does, quick silver (Mercury), brass, copper, even tin are said to be anathema to others. For vampires, a metal's effects all depend on what kind of vampire it is, its nationality, its 'religion,' where it is, time of day, if it is 'asleep' or 'awake,' what form it is in, more human or vampire, some animal (wolf, bat, etc), or more of a spirit, or even amorphus ( fog, mist, smoke, even light.) But most importantly, who is telling the story.

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