It could be said, objectively speaking, that both reflections and shadows would have a certain level of kinship, especially in a universe where optics could also be considered from the point of view of illusion and perspective.

Curiously, the horror literature, sticking to those overwhelming legends about vampires, so widespread, especially in Central Europe and Greece, however, wanted the vampire to have his shadow - the shadow cast on the wall by the Nosferatu de Murnau, it represents an overwhelmingly exciting scene- but it denied him the grace of reflection and, consequently, the eternal rejection of the mirror.

Contrary to that chillingly romantic being that the vampire is, the one who was one of our most illustrious doctors, Ramón y Cajal, has a beautiful monument in our Madrid Parque del Retiro, where he enjoys both privileges: the shadow of his statue, reclining in a triclinium, as if he were a Roman senator and the reflection produced by that wonderful mirror effect, which always has that vital liquid, which is water.

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