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titaniumhijau · #1 (**permalink**) 09-22-2007, 02:23 AM

If you search at Google and Yahoo and you type vampire, you can see millions of hits and links about vampire. I can see too many article talking about vampire even i know some of you not believe with vampire.

Do you know what is a vampire?

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Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that are renowned for subsisting on human blood or lifeforce, but in some cases may prey on animals. Although vampires have different characteristics depending on which lore you are reading, in most cases, they are described as reanimated corpses who feed by draining and consuming the blood of living beings. In folklore, the term commonly applies to the undead, blood-drinking beings of Eastern European myths, but in some cases 'vampire' is used to describe other similar entities from other cultures and regions. Indeed, some cultures also have stories of non-human vampires, including real animals such as bats, dogs, spiders and mythical creatures such as the chupacabra. Vampires are a frequent subject of modern fictional books and films, although fictional vampires are often attributed traits distinct from those of original folkloric vampires.

You can know more details about vampire stories in this link. More information and explaination about vampires in this page >> Vampire

mafia · #2 (**permalink**) 09-22-2007, 02:30 AM

Thanks for the info titan... i'm learning more than ever about vampires here! I'm on my way to be a vampirtologist. (The STUDY of Vampires...)

titaniumhijau · #3 (**permalink**) 09-22-2007, 03:01 AM

Haa? I thought you are vampire. Hehe, just kidding. Its good and you can find more information about vampire at that link. I always think that vampire is exist or not. Because i'm never admit them a part of ghost. For me, they really different. Did you agree with me?

Restr1cted · #4 (**permalink**) 09-22-2007, 05:58 PM

Its amazing what you can find out on Google and Wiki.

Lady Sangazure · #5 (**permalink**) 09-22-2007, 09:35 PM

Vampires seem to be a personification of the human need to overcome death by one means or other. It's interesting that they stay "alive" by drinking blood; it must mean that at the time the vampire myths were originated, people understood the connection between blood and life.

In the way that the vampire myth was created as a way to reassure people that there may be a way to live on after death, it isn't all that different from most mainstream religions. That may be why the vampire myth has been so enduring.

blahzay21 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-23-2007, 01:14 AM

People can define "Vampire" and way they wish. However, there are those out there that believe in them. So knocking them into a myth, wouldn't be the true definition for these people.

Lady Sangazure · #7 (**permalink**) 09-23-2007, 04:05 AM

There are people out there who believe in Santa Claus; it doesn't mean he's real.

There are people who consider themselves vampires nowadays - some of the news reports in the news section show that - but the notion of creatures who attain immortality by being bitten by a vampire and who subsist on blood and die in sunlight is mythical, not real, belief notwithstanding.

RoMaN · #8 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 05:17 PM

If you'd like to read more about Vampires, you should all pick up a copy of the "The Vampire Book: Encyclopedia Of The Undead" It talks about folk lores, movies, true stories, and anything else you can imagine you'd want to know about Vampires. http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Book-J-Gordon-Melton/dp/157859071X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-5601322-1614250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194887726&sr=8-1

Voltahit · #9 (**permalink**) 04-27-2008, 09:58 PM

hahaha! sighz*

harriettt · #10 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008, 04:23 PM

Bahaa. Sounds like what happened in Raff's story, Momento Mori.
Um, yeah.
This article makes me laugh for some reason. ^___^