Definition of Vampire

1. A preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
2. (in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned.

A vampire is a corpse that is not really dead. It arises at night to drink the blood of the living to replenish itself. The word itself originated as the Slavic word obyri or obiri, which evolved into the Bulgarian vampire. Another word for vampire, nosferatu, comes from the Greek nosophoros, plague-carrier.

Vampires do not always fear light. They can stand sunlight for a short period of time, have pale skin, and grow fangs. Doctors believe there may be a medical explanation for the proliferation of vampire stories in Eastern Europe. Porphyria, a hereditary blood disease, was once widespread among the aristocracy. Patients were sensitive to light, developed brownish teeth, and had skin lesions. They were often told to drink blood from other people to replenish their own.

Rabies also causes vampire-like symptoms, insomnia, delirium, and strange behavior. A rabies epidemic occurred in Transylvania around the time of Dracula, the world's most notorious vampire.

In romanian, they are called, Vampir. Duringthe proccess of becoming a vampire, the people the vampire was closest to in life will get horrible nightmare's of the creature's return.
And we also happen to have two users that are Vampires, Joe1329 and mina_cullen.

The story of Dracula

Dracula's real name was vlad (the impailer), he was claimed as a vampire for his cruel way's of torture. This include's, ImplailingImpailing citizens as he ate in front of them. He also held a rich feast, and all that came to it, he made them build a castle for him. He was once the king of Romania ( eastern europe). This is true, it is infact recorded of such a man. He died, by the opposing army's hand's. The enemies of Romania at the time (unsure who). The emperor of the enemy country ordered his army to bring Vlad's head to him, as proof he was dead. And they did so.

Dracul means Dragon/Demon
Dracula means Son of the Dragon/Demon.

Vlad Tepes III also known as Vlad Draculea, Kazikli Voyvoidawas a ruler of Wallachia for the following terms- 1448, 1456-1462, 1476. he was born November 8th 1431 in Sighisoara, Transylvania and died at the hands of the Ottoman in December 1476 at Wallachia.

On Easter 1459 he arrested all the boyar families as an act of revenge for the killing of his father. He impaled the older ones on stakes while forcing the others to march from the capitol to the town of Poenari, some 50 miles away. He then ordered the survivors to build a fortress on the ruins of an older outpost which overlooked the Arges river.
Vlad became quite known for his cruelty and brutal techniques of punishment; people were often skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled, hanged, burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive, stabbed and so on. He also liked to cut off noses, ears, sexual organs and limbs. But his all time favourite form of torture was impalement on stakes, hence the surname of Tepes-meaning the Impaler in Romanian. The Turks even called him "Kaziglu Bey" - Impaler Prince.

His philosophy on honesty and order was known throughout the land. Almost any crime be it lying and stealing to killing could be punishable by impalement. This law was so effective that he placed a gold cup in the square, anybody could use this cup to drink from the well but the cup must remain in the square. The cup was never stolen or removed during Vlads whole reign.


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Benjamin H. Leblanc
M.Sc. Student, Sociology of Religion
University of Montreal, Canada