Comments on: FAQs about Vampires

By: cauntcaiden

cauntcaiden — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:28:30 +0000

it will be like you be a vampier and you find peapel and hunt them down and when youcathe them you suce thear blood

By: Nijah

Nijah — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:56:42 +0000

I love Vampires their Awesome If i could meet one I would love to Vampires never dies or give up just like when kill one mosquitoe the rest still come back from more we all could be Vampires because darkness was first and darkness rule the universe we all came from blood and darkness

By: Trisyn

Trisyn — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:03:14 +0000

This is a very interesting page. Here is a question: What are the names of the different speceis of vampires?

By: Michelle Y.

Michelle Y. — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:02:53 +0000

Why garlic? Garlic is good for many things, but never quite understood why it is bad for Vampires.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:57:41 +0000

Actually, the “running water thing” is a Celtic mythos, but it does not apply to all of their vampires, as Celtic most Celtic vampires are not spirits but rather animated corpses.

Running water is a means by which the Slavs dispose of vampires, taking the body of a suspected vampire from the grave, and tossing it into the water. They do this not because the water has a mystical hold over the vampire but rather because they believed that was the fastest and most sanitary means to get a plague carrying body out of an area.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:53:37 +0000

Vampires are not allergic to sunlight. there are many species of vampires that are not only active 24/7 but their “powers” are at their height at noon. Many vampires who walk about in the day time are from the Greek islands.

Of the vampires who have a weakness or susceptibility to sunlight, there is not historical record of any of them “bursting into flames” as you put it. Exposure to sunlight will destroy some species of vampires, but without any historical data to describe the death I will have to err on the side of caution and say that the being ceases to operate and falls to the ground.

Its not dramatic or exciting, I know, but its accurate.

By: The Vampire

The Vampire — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:19:40 +0000

The water/vampire thing comes from a Celtic myth. Evil spirits cannot cross running water. A vampire is a corpse reanimated by an evil spirit; therefore, vampires are unable to cross running water.

By: Misha

Misha — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:02:12 +0000

Are vamps allergic to sunlight? Do they burn or burst in flames or what ^_^

By: admin

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:09:58 +0000

Cat, that is a very broad question, but I will try to answer it.
“Why did people think Dracula was a vampire?”
By “Dracula” do you mean Vlad Tespe III, Prince of Wallachia? If so, the answer is simple – bad press. In his day Vlad the third was much beloved by his people, a national hero, respected and honored. Did he nail a hat to a visiting dignitary’s head? Yes. Did he round up all the sick, diseased, homeless and elderly of his land and have them killed? Yes. Was adultery a capital offence? Yes. Did he really impale on wooden staked thousands of people and line the road into this lands with their screaming and dying bodies in an attempt to scare off an invading Muslim army? Yes, and it worked. Did he really sit at a table and eat dinner, watching those people die, dipping his bread in a chalice of blood? Maybe. There is a famous woodcut of that, and the Monk who produced it was not a supporter of the Prince, it was likely meant to undermine the Prince’s authority. There is no historical evidence beyond that one flyer to support that Vlad did this once, let alone often.

People may also believe that Vlad Tespe III, Prince of Wallachia was a vampire because of his titled name – Dracula. Vlad’s father, Vlad the Second was titled “the Dragon” by the Pope. “Dragon” translates to “Dracul.” Vlad the second had dragon depicted on the national currency. Vlad senior was a member of an organization called The Order of the Dragon and their job was to keep the Muslims from invading the area while maintain peace. When Vlad the third became Prince of Wallachia he assumed his father’s responsibility including the very careful job of maintain his country’s boarders and the peace with his war minded neighbors. Vlad junior was titled “Dracula.” The “a” at the end of the word “dracul” is the equivalent of the phrase “son of.” Ergo the word “Dracula” translates to mean “son of the Dragon.”

When Bram Stoker was writing his book, “The Dead Undead” his main character’s name was Lord Vampyer. However, Stoker’s note show that he heard of, read, or otherwise discovered the Vlad Tespe’s titled name days before his book went to press. Stoker so loved the word “Dracula” that he changed his main character’s name to Count Dracula and the title of his book to his fictional count’s last name.

I hope that helps answer your question Cat. If not, come on back and ask it again.

By: cat

cat — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:31:44 +0000

im doing this school project thing and i was wondering if you could answer this qestion on dracula ‘why did people think he was a vampire?’

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thanks