At the moment there are a large number of different legends of mythical creatures.To this number mankind began to treat the myths and legends about vampires and vampirism in general.Just the question of whether there really vampires, still remains open.
Scientific substantiation
Like any other mythical creature or object, vampires also have a scientific justification for the birth of a variety of folklore with their participation.According to most researchers, the word "vampire", and details of all its properties began to appear in the lower mythology of European peoples.It should also pay attention to the fact that people are vampires have in other cultures practically worldwide, but have their own individual names and descriptions.
Vampire - a dead man who is chosen at night from their graves and began to drink the blood of sleeping people.Sometimes attacks on conscious victims.These creatures appear before the victim as a person, almost no different from ordinary people, and in the image of a bat.
Ancient peoples believed that vampires were people in his life created a large number of evil.This contingent treat criminals, murderers and suicides.Also, they were people who died a violent premature death, and after the time when he was promoted vampire bite.
literary representation and kinoobraz
In today's world, people are vampires became widely known to the public through the creation of numerous films and mystical books.Just pay attention to one important fact - the mythical image of a little different from the literary.
probably should first say a few words about the works of Alexander Pushkin's "Ghoul" (poem) and Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy's "The Family: Ghouls' (early-story writer).It is worth noting that the creation of these works of the XIX century.
Known aforementioned writers recreated horror vampire bit in a different way - the exterior Ghoul.Basically, vampires are no different from their ancestors.Only this way of drinking blood is not any people, but only relatives and closest.As a result of this, if I may so call it, fastidiousness in eating, whole villages were dying out.He also chews the bones of those killed or died a natural death.
most believable way could bring to his hero Bran Stoker created Dracula.You can refer to the history of the image and the history of the world at the same time - is going way for the writer's works became real living people.That man was Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia.Based on the facts of history, it was a pretty bloodthirsty people.
characteristic features of artistic vampires
As mentioned previously, art is different from the description of the vampire mythical.And then will consider beings as they are portrayed in literature and film.
Characteristic features:
- Dead creatures do not eat human food, water.Their main meal - blood.
- fear of sunlight.It is for this reason that the dead go on their hunt only at night.During the day they rest in their graves and dark places.They may appear in the daytime in the street, if you are fully protected dark clothing.
- No shadows, no display in the mirror, the water glass.There is a possibility that vampires do not appear in the photographs.
- The house only after the invitation.If blood lover nobody invited into the house, he can not enter into it.Got an invitation - may come and go at any time.
- coffin and native land.In some works it focuses on the fact that a vampire before dawn to go back to his coffin, his grave.While some take the earth in the coffin when moving or in other necessary cases.
- relationship with werewolves.Today many people know that werewolves are enemies of vampires.But some stories can be found that the werewolves become vampires after death.
- Garlic, Christian symbols of faith (holy water, church, crosses, and so on. N.).This folklore and literature coincide in their description.For example, the cross.Vampire much afraid of him, like the other items listed above.For security, you can use the item that makes heroes of many films and literary works about vampires.
- Killing vampire.Most often, this is done using a wooden stake into the heart, sanctified, or a silver bullet by beheading or cremation.Also for these deadly sunlight.In movies and books can be seen with the help of the murder of church items.Benefit can sacrifice Vampire small cross.A vampire in this case may be injured or even killed.
- Love to account.It is rare, but you can find such a feature.This idea was taken from the folk beliefs about vampires.If you see a lover of human blood on the way grains of, it always stop and start the account.
- also in some movies events occur when a vampire untie knots.This has also been taken from the folklore.For example, in the movie "Dracula 2: Ascension" protagonists that has not been made a vampire bite, pour Dracula bag of peas and then throw out a large number of network nodes.He recounts peas and untie knots in one motion.
- Fangs.After the film Dracula in 1958, most vampires were pictured with fangs.
analogues in other popular vampire
Horror vampire existed not only in the folklore of the peoples of Europe, but also in other ancient cultures.But they have other names and descriptions.
- dakhanavar.The name originated in ancient Armenian mythology.Based on the mythological data, this vampire lives in the mountains of Alto Ultish TEM.It is worth noting that this vampire does not touch the people who live in its territory.
- Vetal.These creatures belong to the Indian stories.Vampirelike create a move into the dead.
- to limp corpse.Chinese equivalent of the European vampire eats not only the first blood and essence of the victims (the qi).
- Streaks.Bird, waking during the night and as a food drink human blood.Roman mythology.
also the question of whether there really vampires raised at different times in different nations.
Disputes about vampires
In history there have been occasions when a vampire declared hunting.This happened in the XVIII century.On the territory of East Prussia, since 1721, began to appear residents' complaints to the attacks of vampires.The reason was the strange murders of local residents.The most interesting thing was that the body had been drained of blood killed.
Following these cases, a well-known scientist Antoine Augustin Calmet in his books raised the question of whether there really vampires.He gathered information and wrote a treatise on these cases.Many scientists have begun to question the data, we began to open the grave.All over the prohibition of the Empress Maria Theresa.
Modern vampires
There are many folk tales, myths, literary works, films about vampires.Everyone knows that it is fiction, but the influence of works of art and mythology, so to speak, to give vampire blood in some modern humans.These representatives are participants in one of the many sub-cultures of our time - vampirism.
people who consider themselves vampires, behave like a fictional blood-sucking creatures.They dress in black clothes, organize their own events, and drinking human blood.Only the last step does not apply to murder.Typically, the victim of the self gives itself to modern vampires, so to speak, able to eat.
Energy Vampires
The question of whether there really vampires, given by many people.More likely to be said about the existence of real vampires from the energy point of view.In other words, the existence of energy vampires.
these beings are the people who feed on the energy of others by force.The average person replenishes energy available means: food, entertainment, movies and so on. N. A vampire this energy is not enough, they also feed on other people's energy, worsening the condition of the victims.
Conclusion
can be a long talk on the subject, but all this will remain unconfirmed.In this world, many facts remain beyond modern science and data myths and stories are also just guesswork.Modern man can only read an interesting mystical literature and watch movies, reflecting on these issues.
