Legend, History and Folklore

Legend, History, and Folklore

True Blood Vampire Mythology

In True Blood, the HBO Series, the vampires are: sexy, pale and very mysterious. Their physical bodies are cold.

They have tremendous strength, speed and the ability to regenerate. If a human ingest their blood, they will be healed.

They are permitted to drink from willing donors who offer themselves, but it is illegal for them to just start drinking from a human. It is preferred that they sustain themselves on True Blood, a synthetic drink.

In True Blood, a human must be drained by a vampire and then drink the blood from their maker in order for them to be turned. The blood of the vampires is very thick, dark red and bubbly- these properties are what make it a healant. The vampire that turns the human become their "Sire". It takes two to three days for the human's body to rise from the dead and become a vampire.

Heirarchy of leadership in the vampire culture is the ruling under a King or Queen. The King or Queen appoints a Sheriff that rules over particular areas, or domains. The age of the vampire determines his/her strength, as the elders have the most strength and speed.

Death is by beign staked, complete exposure to sunlight or by fire. They can be weakened by silver, garlic or by a great deal of blood lose.

Twilight Series Vampire Mythology

In the Twilight Series, the vampires are: Magnificently beautiful, yet pale with a purplish shadows just under the lower part of the eye. Those that are "vegetarian" have a beautiful golden to black eyes. Those that feed off of human blood have red to black eyes. They sparkle in direct sunlight, almost like light being case off of diamonds. It is said that their beauty is to assist with luring their prey.

They are extremely fast with remarkable strength and have a hyper awareness to senses. Each of them has a special talent, such as the ability to see the future, foresight, hearing others thoughts, tracking, or the ability to cause or inflict pain on others.

Although they crave the taste of human blood, they can survive off of the blood of animals. Those that are "vegetarians", continually have the "thirst" for human blood, but work on self control at all times. The vamps of Twilight only need to feed every couple of weeks.

It is the venom injected through a bite of these vampires that creates the change from human to vamp. When bitten, the venom travels through the body, causing molecular and cellular changes. The process takes three days and is incredibly painful for the human going through the changes.

The vampires of twilight are not out in the open. They are still a secret society, that is mostly found in small groups that hunt or in covens . They are governed by the Volturi, which is the only political power that exist the vampire world. The Volturi police the vampires to ensure their identities remain secret.

The vampires of Twilight must be torn apart into pieces and their remains burned, to ensure that they are dead. Their skin is very tough and almost impenetrable, with the exception of another vampire bite or the teeth of a werewolf.

Vampire Clans

If the myths that we have heard are to be believed, Caine from the bible was the first real vampire, as in the information contained below. It is said that Caine sired a number of progeny, after receiving his curse. The children that he sired are known as second generation vampires. They of course sired children of their own, known as the third generation. The third generation is said to be known as the Antediluvians and it is said that they were rebellious against their sires and murdered them by devouring their flesh and in the process consumed their souls. Caine cursed each of them for their actions by giving them a unique frailty. To this very day, any descendent of the Cainite shares this frailty.

There are thirteen clans that are native to the modern nights. There are six that swear their devotion and allegiance to the Camarilla. These six are the Ventrue, Brujah, Malkavian, Tremere, Toreador, and the Nosferatu. Tzimisce and Lasombra are devput to the Sabbott and the remaining four, Assamite, Giovanni, Gangrel and Setite are independent and follow theire own rules, without that of the Sect. It appears that the Ravnos has disappeared.

The Lasombra antitribu are devoted to the Camarilla, which is unlike their fellow brethern. Those that alley against the Sect to which their clanmates hold allegiance are known as the antitribu. These tribes that are allied with the Sabbat are the Ventrue antitribu, Assamite antitribu, Malkavian antitribu, Toreador antitribu, Gangrel antitribu, Brujah antitribu, Serpents of Light and the Nosferatu antitribu.

Ventrue

They are the leaders of the Camarilla, also known as the Bluebloods and the Clan of the Kings.

Brujah

Known as the Learned Clan, the Rabble, and they are said to be descedents of the King of Old and have been said to be rebellious and into social change.

Malkavian

Said to be madmen who are seekers and also visionaires that are insane. Said to be called the Clan of the Moon.

Tremere

Known as the Clan of the Usper or also the Warlocks, they are said to be a high ranking society of magicians(undead), and possess loyalty to their leaders.

Toreador

The degenerates are said to be a clan of aesthetes who look to seek beauty in through their in human life form

Nosferatu

The Clan of the Hidden are said to be sewer dwellers that are a disfigured group of survivors . They are known for their information gathering skills.

Lasombra

The Clan of Night or the Keepers are the creators and also the rulers of the Sabbat. It is said that they have control over the substance of shadows.

Tzimisce

The Clan of the Shapers is said to be made up of scholars that are the spiritual backbone of the Sabbat. It is said that they have the ability to reform and re-shape flesh.

Assamite

The Clan of the Hunt is known as a clan of assassins that are highly predatory.

Giovanni

The Clan of Death are said to be like a family, they are necromancers and possess wealth and power.

Gangrel

Also known as the Clan of the Beast or the Outlanders, the Gangrel are an animalistic clan.

Setites

The Clan of the Serpent or also known as the Sand Snakes, are known for their ability to corrupt and summon Sebeau.

Ravnos

This was one of the thirteen major clans. They were nearly destroyed and are said to be wanderers that are no longer in numbers and few are still in existance. They are also known as Gypsies.

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Origins- Scriptures of Delphi

Until most recently, we haven't really known that much about vampire history.

Vampires are one of the oldest creatures in mythology. It wan't until most recently that we learned about their origin. Without this infomation we have literally been in the dark for over a thousand years.

The most recent find of the, Scriptures of Delphi has provided us with a history and glimpse into vampire history.

As most us know, only a vampire can create and sire another vampire. Most recently the making of the first vampire has come to light, through the Scriptures listed above; also known as the "Vampire Bible".

The scriptures tell us that the first vampire wasn't actually a vampire at all.  He was actually an Italian-born man named Ambrogio who was destined by fate to be lead to Delphi, Greece.

Ambrogio was transformed into the first vampire by a mixture of blessings and curses.

It is said that the sun god (greek mythology) by the name of Apollo cursed him in a fit of rage, so that his skin would burn if it were ever touched by the sunlight.

After a time, Ambrogio ended up gambling away his soul to Hades the Greek God of mythology. Hades is known as the god of the underworld.

Another curse followed via Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon and of hunting. Her curse was that Ambrogio's skin would burn if he touched silver. It was said that it was the blessing of immortality that was gifted upon him due to the prior curses that he would continue to carry in his present form, but he was also granted the speed and strenth to be a hunter.

Drinking of blood, which is also known as hematophagy was also considered part of the blessing.  Details available in the origin of vampires.

Biblical Theory

The Embrace
  Theory has it that vampires are created through a process called Embrace, and it is similar to normal vampiric feeding - the vampire drains their chosen prey of blood. Once the victim has been drained of their blood, the immortal gives the victim some of their blood in return.  It only takes a few drops of the immortal blood to turn them into one of the immortals themselves.

     The new bourne vampire awakens and begins to feed on its own.  At this point the mortal is dead. Their heart no longer beats and they cease to breathe. Series of transformations begin to take place in the following weeks and the sire then teachs the ways of that particular clan.

____History
____Vampires - or Kindred, as they call themselves - exist for centuries and often seem unchanging to a mortal's eyes. Even Kindred society, however, has undergone evolution, upheaval and strife.
The story of
Cain from the bible
____Kindred myth states that one of their kind was Caine, who commited murder. For his crime, Caine was said to be exiled from his people and forced to stalk the fringes of civilization, fearful of the sun and ravenous for blood.

____Lilith, Adam's first wife was known to be a powerful witch, and she and Cain became close.   Lilith taught Caine how to use his blood for magic. Some say that it was Lilith who was actually the first vampire, not Cain, and it was also she who taught him how to create others of his kind.