Vampire.....??

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Is vampire a myth!.!.or just a story created by Bram Stoker!.!.!.!.!?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Vampires were initially folk tales/myths!. Bram Stoker did not come up with the idea of "vampires", he based his book on the myth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

From what I've read I think Bram Stokers the one that got them popular- taking what he knew from Vlad Dracula from the 1400's (I think!.!.!.), and changing him physically, but keeping his state of insanity!.!.!. thus creating the vampire!. But, I guess the idea of vampires had been around long before then!. Bram just got them popular, as Anne Rice did, then Stephanie Meyer (though her idea of a vampire completely degrades the actual story of a vampire), I hope I helped!.

Chow!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are vampire myths in just about every culture, going back thousands and thousands of years to ancient Mesopotamia and India!. Bram Stoker wasn't even the first author to romanticize them in literature!. John Polidori wrote a book called Vampyr in the early 19th century about eighty years before Stoker!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Back in the early 1600's, and even today, there were people that were, in a sense, allergic to the sun!. It's a disease called XP!. It's where their body can't tolerate sunlight's UVA and UVB rays!. These people had to stay in in the daytime, usually in a basement or corner of a dark tower, and they'd come out at night!. They'd also lack color in their face, usually becoming a pale pink, yellow, or white!.
Needless to say, back then they didn't have the technology we have today, so it was hard for them to understand that people were simply allergic to the sun rather than afraid of it!. Kids and some adults would associate these people with the things that go "bump" in the night (bats, cats, dead people) and eventually they became "vampires"!.
It's totally true!. Google "XP Disorder" and see what comes up!.
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This is another touchy subject!.!.!.
Back in the olden time their were ppl who drank blood, today their are ppl that like to drink blood, but there are many differences in todays vampires!. Their are many different social groups and different ways they are known to us as vampires!. Most commonly the blood drinkers, they can suck blood from humans, they get teeth inplants, but are not diedly!. their is another group i know of, which is preety cool i think, they are the ess vampirer!. They draw the essense from other humans, mostly the stressed ones!. By sucking the ess from others your own ess gets amplified and the hosts' lowers!. Its kind of like sex for the common human beining, if you want to learn more or just get a better feel for it go to either the history or discovery channel online and look vampirers up!.!.!. i seen it on tv!.!.!.!. hope i helped and good luck!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Vampire myth has been around in various forms for thousands of years!.
If you're interested in knowing more about the history of vampire folklore, there's a really interesting book out there about it!.
http://www!.amazon!.com/Vampires-Burial-De!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

http://monsters!.joyeurs!.com/google_apps/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

a good question!. well from my point of view it's a story but research's are being made about it but yet i think it's a storyWww@QuestionHome@Com

I'm pretty sure vampires have had places in folklore around the world before they were ever in stories!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well a lot of people say they live in like a diffrent country so I don't know!. I guess if you believe in them then their real!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

probably just a myth!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

just a story createdWww@QuestionHome@Com