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Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. In folkloric tales, the undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early Nineteenth Century. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures, the term vampire was not popularised until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe,1 although local variants were also known by different names, such as vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania. This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to what can only be called mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism.
In modern times, however, the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity, although belief in similar vampiric creatures such as the chupacabra still persists in some cultures. Early folkloric belief in vampires has been ascribed to the ignorance of the body's process of decomposition after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalise this, creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death. Porphyria was also linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure, but has since been largely discredited.
The charismatic and sophisticated vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century. However, it is Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula which is remembered as the quintessential vampire novel and provided the basis of the modern vampire legend. The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre, still popular in the 21st century, with books, films, and television shows. The vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre.
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there cool it will be cool to meet one
Hottah!
vampires are hot! I really like fangs!
Love vampires…Especially of the Cullen variety.
Vampyres (pronounced wam-peers) very sexy, maybe it's the sucking? the blood? the fact that they stay out all night and sleep all day? they wear a cape?
Vampyres are cool!!
i wish i could be one of them…
i wish i could be one of them…
Vampires are freakin awesome.
Bite me.
Bite me.
Being bitten by Edward Cullen would be the best way to turn into a vampire. He's sooo yummy! And I bet he would think the same thing about me too! :)
lol see your problem there uriceball is that edward would never bite you so you’er stuck being a human until you find a hot vampire that would bite you though he may not keep you :P
i dream about them all the time, that im one of them...its so F cool!
oh well, one day in 2035 they will be back ^_^ nad i gonna be one of them!
Vampires are the SHIT. Period.
They are SOOO cool!
Grrr Arrgh
OH OH OH!!!! I KNOW!!! IT'S THE ONLY BEST way to DIE!!!! ^-^
It must be an AWESOME feeling!!!!!
i wanT be one of they to..i Like iT.<3
One of the greatest creatures…fuckin legendary
vampires n vampses R the Sex
God….I’d luv for a few of them to Fucken bit me…He’s be mine 4ever!!!
Umm apparently garlic doesn't work, according to the movie The Lost Boys. But don't worry holy water does lol.
how can there be no edward cullen pictures???
loooooooooooove vamps
freaks
vampires are sexy!!
the hotest vampire i know is.... are you ready
.....EDWARD CULLEN!!!!! oh yea, love him!!!
vampires are sexy.
i'm really into vampires..... i mean i read about them and its really...... mysterious of how they live that long. and from what i've read.... typical male vampires are what you say beautiful, brooding, dark, and mysterious one... love to have one though.
anyways it really intruges me up to this days on how they were created.... i know somehow they they mythical creatures or a just a story but who know huh??? that someone would be sitting next to you.
Edward Cullen baby ;D watch out Bella..He's MINE :-P
the best lovers.the best friends.my parents say that they don't exist. i used to date one in the world you are in at night. dreams are as much reality as this.When I worked at the Radisson my coworkers and I used to imitate the Count from Sesame Street…we were bored as hell. We worked in the kitchen and when a large number of ANYTHING had to be sorted out….you get the idea.
vamps are awesome!!!! im sooo addicted to the Twilight series my stefanie meyer!! edward cullen is sooo fricken hot and he is soo drop dead sexy i have a poster of him above my bed!!!
vampires are awesome.
I live in england but I grew up on Buffy the Vampire slayer and Feast(((this is SCARY}}} I know everything there is to know about vampires!
HAVE A GOOOOOOOD ONE, PPL =F
>>> JD <<<
wouldn't mind being one :P
Vampires rock…