The Ultimate Vampire Resource and Directory

A supernatural entity, Revenant or supernaturally endowed person who attacks living things, weakening and possibly destroyin them. The vampire has no single definition, but represents types of entities and people. In Western lore, the vampire is primarily the returning dead who drain the life-force (blood) of the living. Other types of vampires exist. Wide varities of vampiric or vampirelike entities are found in lore and mythologies around the world.



Possibly the most inclusive definition of vampires is put forth by folklorist Jan Perkowski:



...a being which derives sustenance from a victim, who is weakened by the experience. The sustenance maybe physical or emotional.



Vampires originate in Slavic lore; however, some scholars hold that they originate in classical lore. Vampires have a strong presence in the folklore of Greek and where Slavic influence has reached in Europe, Russia, and Scandinavia.



Vampires can be catergorized as follows:



folkloric vampires

living vampires

literary vampires

psychic vampires

psychotic vampires



Folklore vampires include a widespread spectrum of revenants and demonic beings, who have supernatural powers and characterics and drain the vitality or blood from the living. Examples are the returning dead who died of plague, drowing, murder, suicide, or unnatural or suddenly violent causes, or who died as a result of being killed by an active vampire; and corpses who have become possessed by demonic or evil spirits.



Living vampires are people who act as vampires while alive. Traditionally, they are certain supernaturally enpowered people, such as witches or sorcerers, who drink blood or cause wasting illness and deaths, and crop blights. Living vampires also are those who destined to become vampires after death, such as those born with the caul or with a tail (protuberance at the end of the spine) or are born with one or two teeth.



Literary vampires are created in fiction, poetry, film, and the arts.



Psychic vampires are living persons who are deliberately or unwillingly drain the energy and vitality of others. Deliberate psychic vampirism can be accomplished through magic and ill intent.



Psychotic vampires are people who commit blood crimes, such as mutilating or killing others and drinking their blood.

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PrincessBlancheJeiselle
22:11 Sep 22 2008

And now you know a little about me. =]

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TwilightStar
22:40 Sep 22 2008

Very nice dear

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SouxiLove
18:41 Sep 27 2008

I was thinking on writing something along the lines of this... you did a better job than i probably would have done.

hehe!

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The term lycanthropy comes from the term lycanthrope, the Greek term for "man-wolf." The words lycanthropia and lycanthropus made their first appearance in the English language in 1584 in the anti-witch-hunting book "The Discoverie of Witchcraft" by the Reginald Scot. During the inquistion, lycanthropy and werewolfism were used almost interchangeably. Lycanthropy now generally refers to the medical condition and not to the mythical, or demonic shape-changing.



The dominate features of lycanthropic behavior are:



profound alienation from self and society



obsession with things demonic (not necessarily true)





frequenting cementeries and other lonely places



a secret process or ritual of supposed transformation from human form to wolf form



belief that one actually grows fur, fangs, paws, and so on



an insatisable lust for blood



wolflike behavior, including howling, running on all fours, gnawing objects, attacking people and animals with the intent to kill, biting and tearing at flesh, and devouring of raw flesh, including human



hypersexual activity including bestiality



supposed resumption to human form



post-exhaustion, confusion, and depression



impaired mental functioning.

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PrincessBlancheJeiselle
22:10 Sep 22 2008

This is interesting, now I know a little something more about you, love.

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