Legends and myths of vampires existed long ago before the word vampire itself started being used. Before that time, many ancient cultures had their own version of blood sucking spirit who possessed deceased human body, with many unique forms and traits that varied depending on region, environment, religious beliefs, and folklore. The most common believed traits of vampire is their ability to survive death of physical body, sustaining their undead life by drinking fresh human blood, have fangs, sleep in coffins during day and that they could be hurt by sunlight, objects of religion (crosses, holy water, etc) and garlic. The most commonly accepted means of killing a vampire is exposure to sunlight, beheading, piercing wooden stake in heart, burning, entering a church or holy ground, and covering it with holy water. They can be temporary stunned or subdued with the use of holy objects (crosses), garlic, holy water, mirrors, sunlight, water (they cannot survive touching open water, such as oceans or large lakes) and invite (they cannot enter a house without invitation). Some of the more exotic powers that vampires can sometimes get in folklore tales is the ability of flying, transforming into mists or animals, magical persuasion over humans, and ability to change their size and weight. The word vampire was derived from Hungarian word vampir which was given to a good or (most often) evil spirit who possessed the body of deceased in the first 40 days of their death.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 06:40:11 +0000
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