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Vampires
Vampires are human-like night creatures who often rise out of coffins to bite people on the necks in order to "suck their blood."
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Vampires are legendary creatures and do not exist in the real world. Vampire BATS, however, are smaller than a teacup and their only diet is blood. Their usual victims are sleeping cattle and horses. Vampire bats do not "suck" blood from their victims but, after puncturing the skin, actually lap up the flowing blood with their tongues. The bats' saliva prevents the blood from clotting. These tiny bats never remove enough blood to harm their victims but the bites can cause infections and disease if not treated by a doctor.
Who are the characters in interview with a vampire?
The main characters in "Interview with the Vampire" are Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt, and Claudia. Louis is a brooding vampire seeking the meaning of immortality, Lestat is the charismatic and cunning vampire who turns Louis, and Claudia is the young vampire made by Lestat.
Where was Bram Stokers Dracula first published?
In 1897, Archibald Constable & Co. published the hardback version of the novel "Dracula" by the Irish author, Bram Stoker.
I think that she is..... well i know she is as I am here!! I got changed into a vampire 692 years ago and have loved every single moment of it! I have watched the world change, and been in wars! And i was the only one that survived! I also changed my very close friend Ella AND Eleanor, I consider them as a sister! But I dont just go around changing people they haev to want it and have a REALLY goood reason for me to change them! So dont come to me if you want to be changed unless you have an amazing reason and want to become like me and my family!
The novel "Dracula" by Irish writer Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912), was first published in 1897.
Why can't Vampires enter a house without an invitation?
because there is believed to be a "Spiritual" or "Personal Power" oriented natural magic(occurs spontaneously) that protects what is within the threshold, it is a life sustaining force and the dead or evil are antagonistic to it.
And the Vampire cannot cross a Threshold of a home. the people living there and the natural magic act as a circuit to make a force field-kind of, if the residence is abandoned or very rarely used the "Threshold" is not very strong, same with public places if the intimate personal connection is not there, then the non living or preternatural are not repulsed. this often applies to magic practitioners of various types as well(not illusionists or slight of hand artists)
What was the first vampire book ever made?
but older was Thomas the apostle the one who hung himself the rope untied itself and he roams the earth today he changes his name ever 50 years and moves
The first vampire deemed in history was Vladislav III or "Vlad the Impaler". Vlad was by birthright, the prince of Wallachia, which he reigned from 1456 to 1462 until he was captured and replaced by his brother "Radu the Handsome". He was duely noted for his atrocious battle techniques, and showed favor to analy impalling through the body and out the mouth. Forests of people on long poles were scattered throughout Turkish battlegrounds. He was later captured in 1462 and held prisoner until 1474, two years later he reconquered Wallachia
ANSWERNone. Vampires are not real.Is there a book that just gives info about vampires no storyline just facts and info?
Welcome to the wonderful world of non-fiction vampire books!
There are hundreds of contributions to this field, but a few I recommend to start you off are Paul Barber's Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality (1988), J. Gordon Melton's The Vampire Book: Encyclopedia of the Undead(1994/1999/2010), Nina Auerbach's Our Vampires, Ourselves(1995) and Jan Louis Perkowski's Vampire Lore: From the Writings of Jan Louis Perkowski (2006).
The majority of vampire works concern themselves with film and literature. I suggest you also look up "vampires" as a subject heading in your local (or state/national) library catalogue for others.
Are Italian vampires allergic to garlic?
In traditional Italian folklore, vampires are usually not depicted as being allergic to garlic. However, this aspect of vampire lore can vary depending on the specific cultural interpretation.
What is a good last name for a vampire?
You need to invent your own names - writers who copy ideas from other people end up in trouble for plagiarism! If you copy someone's names or ideas, then when you publish your story, they could claim you stole those from them and sue you for part of your money.
Click the Related Question for a LONG LIST of last names!
As any living person had the possibility to become a vampire any last name will do.
That depends if you believe in type 1 or type 2.
Type one: Twilight version
Type two: typical vampire
Type 1 vampires only sparkle in sunlight, while type 2 vampires burst into flame.
What happens at the end of Dracula?
At the end of "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Count Dracula is defeated by a group led by Professor Van Helsing and Jonathan Harker. Dracula is killed, Mina Harker is saved, and his evil influence on London is finally eradicated.
Who is the leader of the vampires?
There isn't a global or singular organization for vampires. There are however many families, covens and what not that are presided over by a patriarch/matriarch or aristocracy. None of these are very large as personalities amongst vampires are strong, individualism is high and competition is constant. At best they are found in small group. Most often they are alone.
some are alone (maby most of them) but in groups of vampires there is most often a leader.
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Well, we have various leaders, and I do not know of any global leaders. Maybe later there will be a leader, but not right now. We have all the time in the world to make up our minds, huh? :)
How does female sexuality threaten the men in Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Lucy Westenra is the attractive, vivacious heroine sort yet represents the old-fashion, Victorian type of woman dependent on men. She is 'seduced' by Count Dracula, killed and turned into a vampire by him. Her 'suitors' are then required to destroy her.
Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray is also a Victorian type, the quiet and submissive sort, but she serves her fiance Johnathan by possessing, what was then, considered to be a number of modern values, namely knowing short-hand, and business administration. Later when she becomes the Count's 'Living Thrall' and is in a sort of telepathic link with him the men have to concede to her a leading role in taking the battle to the count. Before this the men were constantly trying to 'protect' her from any such a role by denying her involvement and even information. She was religated into keeping a diary of the events. However, at the end, it is she and Doctor Van Helsing alone that approach Castle Dracula in preparation for the final battle.
In addition there are three vampire brides of Dracula who very nearly devour Johnathan. He has to be saved from them by the Count himself. (Yes, the story does get complicated.) It requires both Doctor Van Helsing and Mina to stand them down during the night, then the Doctor alone has to hunt them down during the day and destroy them all before night returns.
(However it is the man who are the final victors. Mina takes only a minor part at the final battle and has to be 'saved from her thralldom' by them. )
The supernatural, blood-sucking immortal creatures do not really exist. However, in fantasy literature there are multiple ways in which a vampire can be felled.
- Spear it in the heart with a wooden stake
- Expose it to sunlight
- Slap it with some garlic and throw holy water on it (may not kill it)
Those are the generic basics, though each literature/film will have its own rules. More helpful suggestions :
To keep a vampire at bay :
- Flash a crucifix at them.
- Wear garlic.
- Rebuke them in the name of the Lord
- Spill a pound of salt - they'll have to count every grain (Dracula 3000)
To kill a vampire :
- Look for a hole above a grave. Sometimes vampires have to dig their way out.
- Scatter salt on the floor in the vampire's latest victim's room. Help the vampire lead you right to his or her tomb.
- Use garlic, hawthorn branches, or a cross to trap your vampire in a corner. (protect yourself from revenge by making a cross of tar on your front door).
- Dig the vampire up on a Friday. According to the early Greeks, that's when a vampire is weakest. Take advantage of the day when vampires can't come out to play.
- Pound iron stakes through his coffin and straight into the ground if you catch him at rest.
- Bury his body under running water - vampires can't stand it.
- Fire a silver bullet blessed by a priest into his heart.
- Drive an aspen, ash or white thorn stake through his heart with a single blow if you want to make a lasting impression.
- Pour boiling water, boiling oil or holy water into his grave.
- Cremate his body or make a paste from his flesh for closure. Then sit down and feast on the beast.
Vampires are already dead. They are considered "undead" creatures, who left their graves after dying. They are going to come back unless you do it the right way. There are two things you must do to kill a vampire:
1. Strike him in the heart with a dagger
2. Cut his head off and bury it separately from the body. (It can still come back if it can find its head.)
(Recommended reading: "Vampires" by Nancy Garden)
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Staking a vampire (sticking a stake into its heart) puts it into torpor (permanent sleep) unless the stake is removed, whereupon the vampire in question will spring back to life (or unlife, more properly) and presumably annihilate you. Staking a vampire renders it defenseless and allows you to cut off its head, which is the only way to actually kill a vampire, other than exposing it to natural sunlight. Garlic kills their appetite, (they'll be less inclined to bite you when you stink), holy water burns them like sunlight, and real sunlight will fry a vampire to ash in seconds. The crucifix is said to appear as a blinding light to vampires, but if you see one get the axe, not a crucifix.
Vampires need to drink blood to keep their undead bodies alive, so depriving a vampire of blood for a long time will eventually kill it, though a starving vampire will go insane and in its rage may become considerably stronger and more destructive than it was before.
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The ways to kill a vampire include:
- stab a vampire with a wooden stake, or a silver one
- put holy water on them
- garlic bombs
Or you could just scare them away with a cross, or a picture of a god or goddess.
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As vampires are already dead the question is an oxymoron.
You can kill a vampire by catching it and ripping off its head but other than that it's extremely dfficult.
First of all a vampire is already dead. They are reanimated corpses and its is 'more correct' to refer to destroying them rather than killing them.
There is a gradation to the vitality of vampires and zombies. In fact vampires and zombies are creatures of the same type and all that distinguishes them is the degree to which they can 'heal' and 'steal life-energy'.
- At the extreme zombie end is the reanimated corpse that has no ability to heal or steal life-energy and to destroy them all you have to do is wait for them to rot all on their own.
- Those zombies that can heal to some degree can do so if they get something to eat. They can be destroyed by simple physical means.
- There are zombies that can steal life-energy but cannot heal to any great extent. If they lose an arm, it stays lost. These can be destroyed by copious physical damage.
- Those zombies that can both steal life-energy and apply that energy to perpetuating their reanimation are the beginnings of the vampire portion of the continuum. Many of these are malformed and demented, often grotesquely so and cannot improve their condition. Count Orlock falls in this category. Not only was he malformed but he also carried a plague which he inflicted on the city of Bremen.
- Those that can apply the life-energy they steal to their healing start to make the 'classical vampire'. This however isn't a complete class. There are limitations on how much a vampire can heal and variations in how much they can heal depending on certain conditions. Count Dracula was powerful enough to walk around in day-light and to alter his physical reality however he was significantly reduced in power during the day and was finally destroyed by a knife through the heart in the last minutes of sun-set. It should be noted that Johnathan Harker managed to wound Dracula while he lay in his coffin during the day and Dracula carried the scar of it through-out the novel.
- It should be noted that the old 'stake through the heart' was only meant to pin the vampire in its coffin, not to destroy them and there are vampires that can with-stand any amount of physical damage. This goes in a gradation but at the extreme most can be destroyed by having their heads severed.
- Then there are those who have have their entire body dismembered and scattered and they have still managed to reassemble themselves. To this last group the only option is to entirely burn the body and scatter the ashes.
According to the original "Dracula" by Bram Stoker: The only way you can became a vampire is if you are a virgin and are bitten by a vampire from the opposite sex. A person takes several days to became a vampire, but you can prevent that with blood transfusions and you should also put up garlic because the vampire may come back for seconds! Vampires are scared of Bibles, Crosses, Holy water, and garlic. They are immune to mortal weapons during the night. During the day they do not die like some people think, they just lose all of their powers.
The ways to kill a vampire:
1. Cut off its head and stab it in the heart - doesn't have to be wood, and put garlic between the severed head and body. It also has to be done during the day or when the vampire is resting.
2. Burn it. Then throw the ashes in the ocean.
- a wooden stake through the heart
- sunlight (only young ones)
- garlic up the nose and in the mouth (bury up to the neck)
- another vampire
- decapitation
- burning
- silver cross
- holy water
- entering holy grounds
- death of the vampires maker
- dentists
- draining of ALL blood
Do little kids still believe in vampires?
Some children might believe in vampires due to exposure to media like books or movies. However, belief in vampires is not as common as belief in other mythical creatures like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy. Cultural beliefs and family influences play a significant role in shaping children's beliefs in vampires.
What happens to a vampire that drinks the last drop of blood from a person?
According to Anne Rice the vampire then shares in the death of that person - not a 'fatal' occurrence for the vampire but definitely an unpleasant one.
Other authorities quote no such affinity and the vampire then goes on to find somebody else more giving.
Yes, Dhampirs are typically depicted as having blood because they are often portrayed as half-human and half-vampire beings. This blood aspect plays a significant role in many cultural beliefs and fictional representations of Dhampirs.
- They first have to obtain some proximity to their victim. For some this means a kissing embrace (as for the incubus and succubus), others have effected their feeding through two stories from under six feet of dirt (see the Shunned House by Edgar Allan Poe)
- Some go through the motions of opening their mouths to receive the stolen life-force. This is not necessary and maybe just be a reflexive reaction from more human times. Others merely open wide their eyes, or flare their nostrils, or make inviting gestures with hands and arms.
- They must establish some sort of rapport with their victims, a psychic link so to speak. How this is done is poorly understood but the effect of it makes for some interesting and disturbing mental effects on both vampire and victim.
- After feeding the vampire seems to go into some sort of ecstasy that leave it incapacitated and vulnerable for a time.
If you want another opinion take it from a real psi vampire
Most vampire feed unconsciously and don't even know that they are vampires. Others reach out to their "vamp ism' and can control their feeding by directing "tubes" from there natural energy source and connecting to a donor's.
Other vampires can feed off environmental energy, emotional energy or sexual energy.
Did Louis love Claudia in Interview with a Vampire?
Yes, he loved her very much. It was as if he loved her to different degrees. One moment like a daughter and the next like a lover. But no matter the way, he felt very close to her through and through.
What is a Fae and is their blood poisonous to vampires?
Fae is just another word for fairy. I guess their blood could be poisonous to vampires if they made there fairy dust enter the vampires blood stream, or something like that...
Depending on what folklore and fiction you read or "see", fairy blood has been known to be intoxicating and drug-like to vampires. According to the Southern Vampire Mysteries (what True Blood is based on) Fairy blood or "fae" blood is very potent and addictive. It's literally like heroin to vampires. Also keep in mind that these fairies aren't tiny Tinker Bells with wings . They're life sized and look kinda like goblins in their true form.
Does Elena secretly love Damon?
What happenns if you can prove vampires are real?
If vampires were proven to be real, it would fundamentally change our understanding of biology and the supernatural. There would likely be intense scientific study and ethical debates surrounding their existence and impact on society. The discovery could also lead to new laws and regulations to protect both humans and vampires.
Who was made first a vampire or a werewolf?
In folklore and mythology, vampires are generally believed to have predated werewolves. The concept of vampires has been around for centuries in various cultures, while werewolves became more prominent in European folklore in the Middle Ages.
What was the name of the first vampire move?
The name of the first vampire movie is "Nosferatu," a silent film released in 1922. It is an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula."
