A vampire is a living dead endowed with enormous strength and power, who maintains his immortality by drinking the blood of living beings.
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The origin of vampires
Vampires or, as they like to call themselves, offspring, exist from the earliest times that man remembers. On its origin there are two main theories:
Vampirosa bloody, by Victoria FrancésLa first points to Lilith, Queen of the Night, Mother of the Demons and first wife of Adam, as the authentic and primitive vampire. Created by God at the same time as Adam, have a soul too dark and twisted. He did not father more than spirits of evil, for which he was nicknamed "Monster of the Night". They were famous for their feasts of blood night after night and, even, it is said that they will seduce men while they were sleeping to help increase their diabolic descendants, known as succubi.
The second theory points to a Cain as the original vampire, hence the vampires are also known as "cainitas". When Cain killed his brother Abel he was banished to the lands of Nod and there he was condemned to wander with him a curse. I would fear the sun for life and feel an insatiable thirst for blood. In his exile he coincided with Lilith, who taught him to channel the power of blood to increase his strength as a vampire.
Although the history of vampires dates back millennia, their peak was between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe, mainly in Romania and Hungary. In fact, Transylvania, central region of Romania, is known for being the birthplace of vampires and where most of their lives were the most famous of them all; Count Vlad Drakul, better known as Count Dracula or, also, as "The Impaler", a nickname he earned because of the great pleasure he felt eating before the impaled bodies of his enemies. Vlad Drakul was one of the cruelest vampires in history and spread his evil through Germany and, later, to the rest of Europe.
Vampires and bats
Vampires have always been related to the figure of the bat. This association can also have its origin in the Transylvanian areas, where bats bite living beings to suck their blood. It is thought that transmitted rabies and therefore infected humans also began to suck and transmit the disease to other living beings.
Another legend tells of a special type of bat-vampire called azeman, very common in South America, which has the shape of a woman during the day and at night turns into a bat. Each night he goes hunting for new victims to tear off a toe. When the blood gushes out, the vampire drinks until he is satisfied and, when the day comes, he returns full of life to his woman form.
Although the history of vampires dates back millennia, their peak was between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe, mainly in Romania and Hungary. In fact, Transylvania, central region of Romania, is known for being the birthplace of vampires and where most of their lives were the most famous of them all; Count Vlad Drakul, better known as Count Dracula or, also, as "The Impaler", to nickname he earned because of the great pleasure he had eating before the impaled bodies of his enemies. Vlad Drakul was one of the cruelest vampires in history and spread his evil through Germany and, later, to the rest of Europe.
Vampires and bats
Vampires have always been related to the figure of the bat. This association can also have its origin in the Transylvanian areas, where they live their blood. It is thought that transmitted rabies and therefore infected humans also began to suck and transmit the disease to other living beings.
Another legend tells of a special type of bat-vampire called azeman, very common in South America, which has the shape of a woman during the day and at night turns into a bat. Each night he goes hunting for new victims to tear off a toe. When the blood gushes out, the vampire drinks until he is satisfied, and when the day comes, he returns full of life to his woman form.
The new vampire retains the same look he had when he was alive, although the most observant will notice a different look, more primary, cruel and wild. The look of a predator whose senses are now sharper. His body does not cast any shadow and his reflection disappears in the mirror. They also begin to emphasize their elongated incisors, normally contracted until the time of hunting, slightly pointy ears, bad breath and, in some cases, abundant hair on the palms of the hands.
The death of the organs also comes to the body of the newborn. The heart does not beat, the lungs do not breathe and the stomach does not digest. Hence, the only food that a vampire needs is the blood of a living being, and he needs it, precisely, to prevent the process of putrefaction of his mortal body from continuing. This blood no longer passes through veins or arteries, but is distributed evenly through the interior of the body through osmosis. Blood becomes the only fluid present in the body of the vampire, and for this reason dark tears of blood cry. It is paradoxical that it is said of vampires who are immortal, because they really are while they find blood that allows their body not to decompose. A vampire also has its own internal struggles. Feel an obsession, not to say addiction, to the blood. The Hunger of the vampire never rests and leads him to always be on the edge, in eternal conflict over feeding or letting himself be carried away totally to satisfy the Thirst. It is hard to live with the Beast inside, who constantly struggles to be liberated and commit the most atrocious crimes. Only vampires with great self-control show that little humanity that, at times, they seem to have.
How to end a vampire and other myths
One thinks, erroneously, that to kill a vampire it is enough to stick a wooden stake into his heart. This act is necessary but not sufficient, since by staking the stake we can leave it temporarily blocked, but in order for it to really die, it is necessary to burn it later in a bonfire or expose its body to the sun for several days. Bullets, knives and other weapons only cause wounds that heal with amazing ease in a vampire's body. There are other theories about how to kill a vampire, such as opening his coffin during the day, sticking a stake into the heart and burying it in a tomb dug at a crossroads, but this strategy does not always have the desired success.
There are other symbols and objects that are also used to injure or scare away vampires like crucifixes, holy water and garlic. None of this really harms a vampire, much as it temporarily distracts him. The sun weakens and burns them, but not as fast as one might think, although they are very disoriented and become much slower, losing their usual speed (that great speed that makes them look like a whirlwind when they move). Only powerful vampires endure several days in the sun.
There are also some myths that are simply false, like vampires can not cross waters in motion. If this were true, they would not have spread throughout the world, although there are legends that explain that they can do so by carrying dirt from their grave in the coffin.
The vampire in society
Vampiric society, far from what it may seem, is perfectly structured and governed by the rules imposed by the oldest vampires. They are organized in clans, at the head of which there is usually a prince. This prince is responsible for maintaining order in their geographical area. Above the princes is the Council, a group of vampires of the first generations that is responsible for maintaining some peace between clans.
Those who support Cain's theory as the first vampire have defined the generations of vampires existing based on the birth of the first vampire. That is, Cain, would be the first and only member of the first generation, and his direct descendants would form the second generation, as well as the offspring of this would form the third, etc. It is estimated that, in the current age, newborn vampires are part of the 13th generation.
Needless to say, the power of a vampire is greater the older it is, not only because of the control and learning it accumulates over the years, but also because the older ones belong to the first generations and have the purest blood, being their power immensely greater than that of a vampire of later generations.