The oldest record of vampire goes back to Ancient Persia, where a vase was discovered depicting a man struggling with a huge creature which is trying to suck his blood. Then in babylonian myth a deity known for drinking blood of babies Lilitu or 'lilith' was discovered. She was reputedly the first wife of Adam according to the old Hebrews texts which was removed from the Old Testament, and left his husband due to sexual ineptitude and went to become the Queen of Evils and Demons- more about that in later topics[ If you thinks this is wrong cause you're a christian feel free to continue reading, we're dealing with vampire here....] . In China during the 6th Century, traces of the 'living dead' or revenants as they were known were found. More legends continued throughout the world such as India, Malaysia, the Aztecs and Eskimos. According to the Aztecs the sacrifice of a young child and its blood to the gods represent ensurance of fertilization of the
earth. But truly the real vampire proper originates from the europeans civilization... Ancient Greece to begin with. There were many bloodthirty gods among the Roman and Greeks mythology, though they were gods and not 'living dead' but change their appearance to human beings to seduce their victims. As time pass by, Christianity become popular and the redempted value of blood become apparent. Holy Communion, which include drinking wine symbolizes Christ blood and bread symbolizes Christ flesh was sometimes taken quiet literally. Some people confusing pagan beliefs with transubstantiation[the actually presence of Christ blood and flesh during Communion] took part in feasting on human blood and flesh. During the 11st century, Doctors and witches alike prescribe a virgin blood to cure any illness. Also during this time strange corpse were discovered all around Europe, creating a huge vampire scare. The belief that people who died without reciting the last
rites or those who commits sucide or who had been excommunicated will return to earth as revenants. The phenomenon of vampire continued through the renaissance only sporadically but again grew to epidemic proportions in the 14th century, mainly in the central European regions. The bubonic plague was thought to be the work of vampires and panic of infection led people to bury their dead without completely verifying that they were deceased. A person, buried alive, would try to claw his way out of the ground and will be discovered, this of course would label him a Vampire.
In the mid-15th Century, Vampirism again reared its head, most notably in the trial of Frenchman Gilles de Rais. A former member of Joan of Arc's guard and erstwhile Marshal of France, he retired to his lands in Southwest France, devoted to his quest of finding the secret of the "Philosophers' Stone" in blood. He killed about 200 to 300 children by way of horrifying torture, in order to use their blood in his experiments. During this time another historical figure became associated with vampirism. His name was Vlad Tepes Dracula, prince of Wallachia, an ancient kingdom which is now part of Romania. Vampirism though never seems to vanish completely but faded slightly during 16th and 17th centuries. However, in 1611, in the superstitous land of Hungry. Countess Erzsebet Bathory (Elizabeth Bathory or the "Blood Countess")began the legend afresh. She was accused of kidnapping and torturing young girls to death and then bathing in and drinking their
blood.[more about Dracula and Elizabeth Bathory later, i'll post their story in next posts].
This end the brief history of Vampirism from the beginning of time to 17th century. Many more stories of famous figures of the vampire world are coming on this blog. Keep visiting to make sure you don't miss a bit of the vampire topic...
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