Vampire Myth
There are a lot of new vampire myth's popping up so I thought I might talk about a few of them.
One of the oldest is Cain and Able. Cain killed his brother and was marked for his sin. Some say this mark was becoming a vampire. Having to roam the earth for eternity. Never seeing the sun. And being rejected from the kingdom of heaven.
Another is that Vlad the Impaller was the first vampire. He was a ruler in ancient Transylvania. He used to kill people in really gruesome ways and was rumored to drink blood.
Feehan has the Carpathians. They are a race of people that live in the Carpathians mountains and are really long lived. They will live until they are killed or commit suicide. The men lose their ability to see color and have feelings. Until they find their one and only true love they remain unfeeling and in black and white. Their true love brings feelings and color into their lives. They are a dying race of course.
Sands has a group of vampires that are atlantian. They created a technology, the nanobites, that makes them hard to kill. It fixes damage to their body. They can stay in the sun for a limited amount of time. But mostly they try to avoid it. They can only turn one person ever. It's against their rules to turn more.
Blade did vampires are effected by silver which was annoying since well traditionally were's are allergic to silver.
Most new authors don't have vampires effected by crosses or religion in general. Hamilton has kept to crosses effecting vamps but the person holding it actually has to believe which I like. In fact any religious object can work if they believe.
Another one is the disease aspect. You get it through the blood and it causes your DNA to change. This one leaves open the idea of a cure.
The cursed idea leave the if you help enough people maybe you can get into heaven thing open.
Another idea is the race idea. I like the race idea because it's the least fixable. Kind of a why can't we all just get along sort of thing.
I know I haven't covered all the ideas so if you want to comment and bring in some more. I'd like that. :)
One of the oldest is Cain and Able. Cain killed his brother and was marked for his sin. Some say this mark was becoming a vampire. Having to roam the earth for eternity. Never seeing the sun. And being rejected from the kingdom of heaven.
Another is that Vlad the Impaller was the first vampire. He was a ruler in ancient Transylvania. He used to kill people in really gruesome ways and was rumored to drink blood.
Feehan has the Carpathians. They are a race of people that live in the Carpathians mountains and are really long lived. They will live until they are killed or commit suicide. The men lose their ability to see color and have feelings. Until they find their one and only true love they remain unfeeling and in black and white. Their true love brings feelings and color into their lives. They are a dying race of course.
Sands has a group of vampires that are atlantian. They created a technology, the nanobites, that makes them hard to kill. It fixes damage to their body. They can stay in the sun for a limited amount of time. But mostly they try to avoid it. They can only turn one person ever. It's against their rules to turn more.
Blade did vampires are effected by silver which was annoying since well traditionally were's are allergic to silver.
Most new authors don't have vampires effected by crosses or religion in general. Hamilton has kept to crosses effecting vamps but the person holding it actually has to believe which I like. In fact any religious object can work if they believe.
Another one is the disease aspect. You get it through the blood and it causes your DNA to change. This one leaves open the idea of a cure.
The cursed idea leave the if you help enough people maybe you can get into heaven thing open.
Another idea is the race idea. I like the race idea because it's the least fixable. Kind of a why can't we all just get along sort of thing.
I know I haven't covered all the ideas so if you want to comment and bring in some more. I'd like that. :)
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