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Vampyres throughout history
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Vampyres Introduction to Vampyres Do Vampyres really exist? Bram Stokers created his Vampyre vilan from the history of Vlad Dracul (Dracula meaning, The son of the Dragon), and over the years the character evolved into what is known today as the “Hollywood Vampyre”. This monster is eternally beautiful, charming, rich and flies in the night as a bat. It also drinks the blood of the living and is repelled by garlic and holy symbols. The legend of the Vampyre originated in Transylvania which is now a province in Romania. These Vampyres, which were acatually bloated corpses of the dead, were thought to roam around villages to drink the blood of men. Why blood? When the town people would dig up the suspected Vampyres they’d find large amonts of blood in the mouth, eyes and nose. The corpse would moan and the gases pushed their way out from every hole of the corpse, thus the culprit was found and killed again. It was most likely beheaded, staked and burned. Vampyres Throughout History Throughout history, many people were suspected as Vampyres. Some were actually convicted and sentenced for committing acts related to vampirism. These people are held as vampyres still by strong believers today. However, to a non-beleiver, vampyrism seems like sociopathic characteristics of mental illness. Some of the well known convicted vampyres of the last 600 years are responsible for various myths. Vlad Tepes Born in 1431 in Transylvania. Vlad was Prince of Wallachia, an ancient kingdom now part of Romania. He carried the double surname Tepes (the impaler), and Dracula (a derivation of Dracul, his fathers name, meaning devul/dragon). Vlad was both a national hero who fought courageously to free his land from Ottoman invaders and a blood thirsty tyrant whose favorite form was to impale his victims on stakes. These exploits made him a legendary character, and his name has become synonymous with the modern vampyre myth. Bram Stokers book “Dracula” and countless “Dracula” films, are based on Vlad Tepes. Gilles de Rais Gilles de Rais was in the amazing position of being both a national hero and an archetype villan. Gilles spent five years committing the most incredible crimes of child murder and sodomy. Gilles also indulged in alchemy and sorcery, pursuits that were inextricably linked with the murder of hundreds of children. He kidnapped, raped and dismembered both young boys and girls. The emphasis was on the boys, for Gilles was a rampant homosexual, using his religion as a kind of asthetic sensuality. Having lured the children into the castle he and his courtiers would set upon them, abusing them sexually and finally murdering them in the most horrible way. After orgies involving massive blood letting Gilles would retire to bed, seemingly in a state of coma and would return to the carnage with renewed ferocity. What caused this young Marshall of france to change from a national hero to a monster is difficult to define. There is no doubt that he had led a violent life during which, in the cause of nationalism, he slaughtered hundreds. Perhaps Gilles found it impossible to give up shedding blood. His love for blood led people to believe he was a Vampyre. Countess Misty Countess Misty is possibly one of the most famous of todays “Vampyres”, she has appeared on TV, chat shows and even in books on Vampyres. She is no person from history but a living breathing person of the 20th Century. She is not locked up in any Mental Institute, but is living in free America. She is also the leader and creator of the “Lost Shadows Gang” which is a group of blood drinkers. Elizabeth Bathory Elizabth Bathory was born in 1560 to one of the wealthiest and most powerful Protestant, Hungarian families. As customary for wealthy families of the time, relatives often married; Elizabeth’s parents maintained this tradition. Constant intermarriage in the Bathory family often led to epilepsy, madness and other psychological disturbances among family members. As a child Elizabeth suffered from violent seizures of rage and uncontrollable behavior. The illness plagued her into adulthood and remained the probable cause for some other hideous actions. She was intelligent and educated to a level equal to that of her male peers. She learned Hungarian, German and Latin when most people, especially women, remained illiterate. Elizabeth loved independence and enjoyed dressing in men’s clothes. Elizabeth had 3 children 2 daughters and a son. Her son took over her husbands place as a special kind of governor. She showed love for her children which completely contradicted the hatred she demonstrated through torture on the lower classes. In the 1600s the townspeople had become suspicious of Elizabeths actions. They knew she imported peasant girls to kill and torture, and when she ran out she began using aristocratic girls. Elizabeth beat servants and stuck pins in their lips. She drove needles into their flesh and under their fingernails. Elizabeth forced servants to stand naked in the snow while someone poured water over them until they froze to death. On one occasion, she stripped a servant naked and covered her with honey. The servent then stood outside for twenty four hours to endure bug bites. Often, Elizabeth set pubic hair of fire with a candle. One of her favorite methods of torture remained the Iron Maiden. Elizabeth reveled in placing servants in a cage surrounded by spikes. The girl would then be poked and prodded so her body ripped and tore upon impact with the spikes. If a servant stole money, Elizabeth heated a coin and impressed into the servant’s hand as a reminder and warning. Elizabeth loved biting human flesh.
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