Vampire Mythology and Lore
Vampire Mythology and Lore (21)
Tuesday, 05 April 2011 20:32
The Truth: A Document About Vampires
Admin Note:This is an article on vampires that has been circulated through out the net for quite some time. It is preserved here for it's in depth notations regarding the vampire myth and do not necessarily endorse it's correlation in real vampirism and it's ties into mythological association.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 10:25
Vampire Origins of Cain and Lilith
Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain, a tiller of the ground, and Abel, a shepherd. Both brought offerings to God, Cain brought the fruits of the ground, and Abel, brought one of his flock as an offering. God approved of Abel’s offering, but not that of Cain's. Cain became very angry at this. As he and Abel where in the field on day, Cain rose up and struck his brother repeatedly until he was dead. God asked Cain "Where is your brother?" and Cain answered "Am I my brothers keeper?".
Friday, 30 September 2011 21:01
Dark Reflections
Vampire Mythology
Vampire mythology is as old as recorded time, and stems from many cultures, from ancient Greece, to the early Hebrews, to Asia, to the indigenous cultures of the Americas. The most primal elements of Man's deepest fears and longings... and of life itself are embodied in the vampire.
Monday, 18 July 2011 21:17
Famous Vampire Cases
The Vampire Case of Sarah Tillinghast - Exeter, Rhode Island
There were two Rhode Island vampires as they were known, The first, Sarah Tillinghast, was one of the children of Stutley and Honor Tillinghast of Exeter, Rhode Island. Sarah was the first to die from the consumption that afflicted the family at the comparatively early age of 22. (1799) When the fifth child fell ill, the Tillinghasts exhumed the bodies of the the four children that had died previously (Incidentally, they are buried in Historic Cemetary #14). Three of the bodies had decomposed, but Sarah was found in a strange condition. She had not decayed, her eyes were open and her hair and nails had grown. When the family cut her heart out, fresh blood flowed. They burnt the heart on a nearby rock and reburied the corpses.
Monday, 18 July 2011 17:25
Dracula - The Legend
Dracula - The Legend
The name of the already well-known Wallachian prince became even more famous after Bram Stoker from Dublin (1847-1912) has published his novel "Dracula" in 1897. The author was a stage director, member inthe Golden Dawn parapsychologic association in London and a pasionate researcher of Irish and Hindoo vampirism. His novel, published in millions of copies, has as its main hero a vampire, Szekler count, named Dracula. The action develops against a Transylvanian background about which the author himself says: " I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool."
Saturday, 16 July 2011 21:30
Dracula - The Truth
Vlad The Impaler - Dracula
For almost a millenium, the lands in the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic area were ploundered by the migratory people. Beginning with the 10th and 11th centuries, the Eastern part of Europe begins to be threatened by the last large migratory vallum, made of Turkish nations. Towards the 16th century, a great danger seems to appear at the Europen borders: the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
Sunday, 10 July 2011 11:59
Nachtzehrer and Nachzehrer - Vampire of Germany
Germany is a country that has macroscopical variations of vampire traditions. Much of this can be accredited to the divergent history of the region and the many cultures that have contributed to shaping Germany's character. Most of Germany's vampire traditions distinctively resemble those of the Slavic people, who, around the tenth century had spread out into Eastern region of Germany along the Jeetze River. The Slavic and Germanic people have integrated since that time, so it is a very difficult task to recognize the differences between the vampire traditions of Germany and that of it’s neighboring countries.
Sunday, 10 July 2011 09:31
In the Blood: A Serious Look at Vampire-Myth Origins
For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you for making atonement for your lives on the altar; for, as life, it is the blood that makes atonement. (Leviticus 17:11)
Saturday, 09 July 2011 09:12
The Vampire of Melrose Abbey - Scottland
Recorded in the Historia Rerum Anglicarum, published during the twelfth century, between the years of 1196-1198 , Author William of Newburgh (also know as William of Newbury) printed what was believed to be an account of an genuine vampire.
Saturday, 09 July 2011 09:08
The Vampire of Croglin Grange - England
Most Famous Vampire Legend in England
This legend, perhaps, could be considered one of the most famous and sought after accounts of a real vampire. In Cumberland, England, the Legend begins at an old family estate, known as Croglin Grange. According to an account of the Croglin Grange vampire written between 1896 and 1900, by Augustus Hare in The Story of My Life,The estate belonged to the Fisher family. The Fisher family made a decision to move to a place with larger accommodations in Thorncombe, near Guildford, and rent out the ground level estate to three siblings, Amelia and her two brothers, Michael and Edward Cranswell. The Cranswell's loved living at Croglin Grange and became quite popular within the surrounding community.
