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The science behind vampires & monsters

Started by Still Waters , Nov 08 2012 08:32 PM
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#16    Tommy13

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 01:02 PM

I would imagine it originated from the real deal.

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 11:41 AM

Blood and disease... Yup, sounds like darkness to me!

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 12:24 PM

View Postaraxia, on 21 November 2012 - 11:41 AM, said:

Blood and disease... Yup, sounds like darkness to me!

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:17 AM

Vampires have been "around" since the biblical times. Some believe in a vampiric lady named Lilith who was punished by God to roam the Earth as a Vampire. There have been legends through-out Greece and Egypt as well. Then when the Middle Ages came, any advanced ideas that were present in the Ancient Civilizations were lost. So, instead of using logical thinking and keeping the vampires for the stories, people from the Middle Ages to about the 19th century have argued about Vampires existence. As others have mentioned, it was to strike fear and make others behave, but it was also to explain the unexplained. Recent days, Dracula was still romanticized! Forever Knight, one of the first Vampire TV shows as well as shows like the "Munsters" showed vampires as sexy, funny, or sensitive creatures. It's gone from the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, to the Anita Blake Series to now Twilight and Vampire Diaries. A shame really.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:40 AM

View PostDarkwingsDescending, on 24 November 2012 - 02:17 AM, said:

Vampires have been "around" since the biblical times. Some believe in a vampiric lady named Lilith who was punished by God to roam the Earth as a Vampire. There have been legends through-out Greece and Egypt as well. Then when the Middle Ages came, any advanced ideas that were present in the Ancient Civilizations were lost. So, instead of using logical thinking and keeping the vampires for the stories, people from the Middle Ages to about the 19th century have argued about Vampires existence. As others have mentioned, it was to strike fear and make others behave, but it was also to explain the unexplained. Recent days, Dracula was still romanticized! Forever Knight, one of the first Vampire TV shows as well as shows like the "Munsters" showed vampires as sexy, funny, or sensitive creatures. It's gone from the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, to the Anita Blake Series to now Twilight and Vampire Diaries. A shame really.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 09:48 AM

View PostDarkwingsDescending, on 24 November 2012 - 02:17 AM, said:

Some believe in a vampiric lady named Lilith who was punished by God to roam the Earth as a Vampire.
I thought she was just a whore?

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 10:01 PM

View PostRlyeh, on 24 November 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

I thought she was just a whore?

No, I don't think she was. I know she was jealous of Eve though and was rather demonic, but she wasn't a whore. Then again, this is supposedly found in the Torah and in the bible.
Source 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith (Not always reliable, but a go to source.)
Source 2:  http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1513/whats-the-story-on-lilith-adams-first-wife
Apparently she eats babies and haunts men. Also, you may be thinking of Salome. She was considered a witch and whore. I'm no bible expert though.
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Posted 14 December 2012 - 01:51 AM

There are some conditions in which a person will actually drink blood. What's to stop a person from sharpening a few teeth and biting a few necks? I believe they're out there.

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 02:24 AM

View PostWolfman1993, on 14 December 2012 - 01:51 AM, said:

There are some conditions in which a person will actually drink blood. What's to stop a person from sharpening a few teeth and biting a few necks? I believe they're out there.

these are not actual vampires from lore though... these type peoeple would be mentally disturbed individuals
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Posted 14 December 2012 - 02:29 AM

you make a very valid point

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 05:34 AM

Dracula is based off of a real person Vlad the impaler (Dracul "The Devil" ) http://www.vladtheimpaler.com As for vampires (outside my area of intrest in cryptozoology) there were based off people with toberculose and some concetion with the dead. After diggin up the dead there would be finger nail marks on the coffin leds(this is the reason for imboment) the other parts being expalined in this post with the stomach. Also the hair appeared to growalong with finger nails. This lead to staking of the heart to make sure the body (the dead) could not get up in the night. (if I rember right)
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Posted 17 December 2012 - 08:00 AM

No real evidence of vampires at all only its true of ppl in witch craft and stuff like that use a lot of blood and sacrifice.
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