Why do Christian religeous items harm vampires and not other religeous items?
Bixenta Lenore Abraxas asked:
I’m planning to write a horror/romance novel some day about vampires, so I like to have people’s ideas. I’ve already got some basic ideas, but I like to know what people are interested in.
I’m planning to write a horror/romance novel some day about vampires, so I like to have people’s ideas. I’ve already got some basic ideas, but I like to know what people are interested in.
Tags: Horror, Romance Novel, Vampires
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whynot
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what christian religious things are you talking about sunlight and a wooden stick? a crucifix is catholic. and besides you spelled religious wrong. you at least need to spell before you right a novel.
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someone
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because christian items are holy
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Rhonda T
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You got me since religious relics would be indicative of “creating” icons for which one would direct their religious praise/worship which is idolatry.
Really. Bram Stoker was a Christian. He created the “story” of the blood sucking Count…and no one really had any rules established on how to kill a vampire…so, he got to get the ball rolling.
For more good vampire information…check out Anne Rice. She puts Stoker to shame.
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maggie
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The history of crosses harming vampires goes back centuries; I read an interesting article on Wikipedia that described how the ancient Greeks would put clay crosses on coffins to prevent the dead from becoming the then-equivalent of a vampire.
Read here:
Well, dear, I think the horror/romance novel about vampires has been done and done again, with all sorts of twists, from the oldest Dracula novellas to the devastating Lestat in Anne Rice’s novels. There’s even the abhorrent chick flick stuff about preppy Posh-Spice type women that are secretly vampires.
Also, it seems your spelling and grammar has room to improve, and I would encourage you to pursue English and dramatic writing coursework in college.
However, what I would ideally love to see is:a little old mixed with the new… for instance, the main character could be a girl that gets transported to the 1800′s somehow and meets an old fashioned Victorian vampire.
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ghostwolf
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Actually in most vampire myths, it depends on the age of the vampire and what their religious beliefs were when they were alive. For a 17th century Frenchman it would probably be a cross. if the vampire was from ancient Egypt it would be an ankh or a medallion of RA. Whatever that particular vampire considers to be the most holy is what will be most effective against them. However, the stakes and sunlight thing is non religious. the running water myth comes from old pagan beliefs that evil can’t cross running water.
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Leria
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In most of the older stories, it was because vampires are in a constant state of denial. They are dead, but live only by sucking the life (have you heard the term lifeblood?) out of people.
Christian items like holy water and crucifixes stood for truth. Because of course, Christians are the truth. At least that was the idea of the time.
When vampires had to face them, they had to face the knowledge that they were dead, and they could not stand it. The items brought their darkest secrets to light. That’s the same reason that sunlight is supposed to hurt them. Because it shows them for what they are, and what they cannot stand to be. Light reveals truth.
Now, many people use different reasons, because they view the Christian ideas as outdated.
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hemovore
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as a vampiric person i can answer this one. thay dont!!! holly wood has some strainge ideas about that. some vampires are even christions. being a vampire is just some one who needs chi energy to help them live, some vamps can take it by psycic means, ever feal tired after you have bean in the pressence of a person? that person is probabaly a psy vamp. i on the other hand am a sang vamp- a blood drinker- i dont have any problems with crosses or crusifixes or bibles or garlic or running watter, and yes i have a reflection.
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winter_spice78
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The vampire books and movies that I have seen/read don’t buy into that theory, which is refreshing.
In fact, one of the most creative Dracula movies I have seen suggested that he was originally Judas Iscariot from the Bible, and as punishment for his crimes, he was forced to spend eternity on earth. But Christian artifacts had no effect on him because he was so outraged at God, except making him more angry.
Your novel sounds like it will be a good one.
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Sam
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In legend/mythos, God banished the first vampire Lillith from Eden, thus is would make sense that items of christianity, the religious this myth was created around, would harm said “forsaken humans”
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Mary S
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religious items do not have to have an affect on vampires. some vampire novels such at Bram Strokers Dracula the cross can do much harm but other movies such as Blade: Trinity the cross has no affect. If you chose to you could have another symbol have a negative affect. In Dracula 2000 Dracula despised silver. In the TV show Moonlight sunlight along with silver doesn’t kill them but it weakens then.
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