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History of the Vampire Myth



The legend of the vampire can be traced to approximately 125 AD, where a Upir, a creature with vampire qualities, occurred in Greek mythology. The word Upir is found for the first time in written form in 1047 in a letter to the Russian Prince Vladimir Yaroslavovich. The author of the letter, a priest, writes his name as Upir' Likhyi, which roughly translates into “Wicked Vampire” or “Foul Vampire”. Upir later became vampire, and some of the early legends came from the far east. Much has been lost throughout history...

The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first appearance of the word vampire in English to 1734. It was written in a travelogue titled Travels of Three English Gentlemen and was published in the Harleian Miscellany in 1745. Vampires had already been discussed in German literature. After Austria gained control of northern Serbia and Oltenia in 1718, officials noted the local practice of exhuming bodies and “killing vampires” (Vampires, Burial and Death by Paul Barber). These reports, prepared between 1725 and 1732, received widespread publicity. Vampires are similar to man in respect that no two are alike. No two men have the same physical abilities, or the same senses of hearing or sight. This is true of vampires as well. As there are several races of man, there are also many races of vampire.

Each race of vampire share similar, although not identical, abilities. Each race of vampire has different origins, unlike man. An example of one race is the Kindred, as portrayed by White Wolf. The Kindred are then further subdivided into “clans.” Other examples include the Carpathian race, of which Count Dracula, or Vlad Tsepesh (or Tepes), was descended from.


Vampyric Latin Phrases and their Translations:



“Ante mortem” – Before death.

“Numquum mortuus” – Never dead.

“Vultus est index animi” – The face is the index of the soul/mind.

“Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem” – It is more cruel to always fear death than to die. (Seneca)

“Da mihi basilia mille” – Kiss me with a thousand kisses.

“De mortuis nil nisi bonum” – Say nothing but good about the dead. (Chilon)

“Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu” – The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live. (Seneca)

And for our Lycan friends...


Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes from the Greek λυκάνθρωπος, λύκος (wolf) and άνθρωπος (human, man), are mythological or folkloric humans with the ability to shapeshift into wolves or anthropomorphic wolf-like creatures, either purposely, by being bitten by another werewolf, or after being placed under a curse. This transformation is often associated with the appearance of the full moon, as popularly noted by the medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury, although it may have been recognized in earlier times among the ancient Greeks through the writings of Petronius.

Werewolves are often granted extra-human strength and senses, far beyond those of both wolves or men. The werewolf is generally held as a European character, although its lore spread through the world in later times. Shape-shifters, similar to werewolves, are common in tales from all over the world, most notably amongst the American Indians, though most of them involve animal forms other than wolves.

Werewolves are a frequent subject of modern fictional books (as used in the Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie)and films, although fictional werewolves have been attributed traits distinct from those of original folklore, most notably the vulnerability to silver bullets.[2] Werewolves continue to endure in modern culture and fiction, with books, films and television shows cementing the werewolf's stance as a dominant figure in horror.