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If you've ever wanted a compilation of facts about vampires, you've come to the right place. There is so much to say about a vampire which cannot be said in articles or short formative discussions. There are literally thousands of vampire legends throughout history. Nearly every single culture on the face of the earth seems to have some kind of myth about the undead, blood-sucking creatures that relate back to the vampire mythology.
So to have you understand vampires better, I've done some deep digging and have classified my study into questions that usually come to one's head when talking about vampires.
Do vampires really exist?
It seems that no matter how much evidence there is to suggest they either do or don't exist, most people are not satisfied with a conclusive answer. I suppose its human nature to want to know for sure, but without scientific evidence in hand, how does one determine if vampires really exist or not? While I may not have facts to prove it, there is evidence to suggest that these creatures DO exist.
This is one problem I've faced with myths and legends in general, but especially with legendary creatures - I can't prove that they're real, but I also can't prove that they're not. For instance, the legendary sea monster The Kraken was thought to have been pure fantasy until giant squids matching the Kraken's description were finally discovered.
Also, keep in mind, if you were to encounter a vampire, you probably wouldn't live to tell about it. Vampires live by a code that requires their existence to remain a secret - making their detection that much more difficult.
If we had hard evidence that vampires do exist, we wouldn't be asking the question. But then again, plenty of people believe in a God that rules from a place called Heaven even though they don't have any hard proof of God's existence either. So why not believe in vampires, right!? Give it a thought.
How did vampires come into existence?
As you already know, only a vampire can create another vampire. So logic tells us that the history of vampires begins with a single vampire who created the others. But again, "logically", if there was no vampire to make the first vampire, how was the first vampire made!? Oops... It's more like the chicken-or-the-egg argument. You had very little insight into how the first vampire came about, until now.
Yeah, thank me later!
According to the legend, the first vampire started out as not a vampire at all, but as a human named Ambrogio, originated from Italy. It's a whole other story, but in a nutshell; a series of curses and witchcrafts transformed this young man into the first vampire to exist. The man was bound with two curses; that his skin would burn if it ever touches sunlight again, and that his skin would also burn every time he touched silver. The blessing came soon after when he was given the gift of immortality. Not only that, but he was also gifted with the skill of speed and strength to become a hunter. Now I wish, a vampire turns up to my door and turns me into one too... Which takes me to your next potential question.
How to become a Vampire?
What most of us know about how a human turns into a vampire is by a vampire bite. Which is far from how the transition actually works. It takes a lot more than a vampire bite for a human to turn into a blood-sucking creature. The ritual begins with a bite from a vampire to a human, where the vampire may consume the persons blood. As the person lays bleeding, the human blood is mixed with that of the vampire and this stage is called the transition. The human must now drink the blood from the vampire - the first bite as a vampire, the last as human...
How to feed as a Vampire?
Though the topic of vampire feeding seems pretty straightforward, there are always a few questions when it comes to the specifics. As you already know, vampires drink blood. What you probably don't know is that it doesn't have to be human blood that they feed on. Any warm-blooded mammal's blood can help them survive.
Many vampire myths say that a vampire's heart does not beat. This is NOT true. Just like humans, a vampire's heart beats in order to pump the blood through the body.
How to kill a vampire?
You'll probably need this in case you run into a vampire one day that needs a killing. Or there's probably a vampire at your doorstep and this your last attempt to survive and stay human. If this is the case, you're probably screwed. But I'll try to help you out anyway.
If I've done my study right, there are five ways to kill a vampire.
By far, the easiest way to kill a vampire is with direct Sunlight. A vampire's skin, when it comes in contact with the sun, gets severely burnt killing the vampire in a good few seconds.
While the Wooden stake remains one of the best tools to use for vampire killing. All a wooden stake is; is a piece of wood with one edge sharp enough to pierce the vampire's heart.
Just like the curse of the sun, vampires are cursed to touch silver too. Using Silver is a bit like a blend of sunlight and a wooden stake. Though it doesn't work as well as either of the two options. Unlike sunlight, silver is highly portable and can be carried around with you easily. But stabbing a vampire with a silver stake won't kill it. It'll just slow down the healing process and give you time.
At first, Fire seems like an easy fix to your vampire problems, but it's harder than it seems. Yes, it would burn vampires how it burns humans, but vampires have a dramatically faster healing rate than humans do, which makes the killing slower.
If you're like me, you would probably always choose this option over any other; Ripping a Vampires Head off. It's as simple as it gets - no head, no vampire.
With vampires, it seems there are more questions than there are answers. Personally, I had quite some fun finding answers to all these questions since I consider myself to be one of the believers. Meanwhile, I hope I was successful enough to help you understand just as much as I could myself, if not more.
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