Vampires From Around the World
door Stephanie Moore
A vampire is a blood-sucking, undead thing of the night that comes after people in their nightmares. Many cultures have vampire myths. In the past, folklore was a means of explaining what people didn’t understand. Widespread vampire mythology reflects the uncertainty about death that we all face.
People in the past had little understanding of the decomposition process.If an exhumed body looked “plump”, how did they know it was the natural result of gases in the body? To them, blood leaking from a corpse’s mouth meant that the dear departed had been feeding.
It must have been a disturbing sight.
Africa
In Southern Ghana, the Ashanti people tell of the the sasabonsam of asanbosam, which drinks human blood and clings to the branches of trees with iron talons. Another African vampire myth is that of the adze, a creature that takes the form of a firefly and sucks human blood. After it sucks their blood, the victim falls ill and dies. This myth is probably based on malaria infested mosquitos. Myths about the adze belong to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.
The Americas
In Trinidad, the soucouyant is an old woman who lives on the edges of villages. At night, she pulls off her wrinkled skin and puts it in a mortar for safe-keeping. She flies through the night in the form of a fireball and sucks the blood of human victims. If u need to get rid of a soucouyant, u have to find the mortar with the old woman’s skin and sprinkle coarse salt on it. Then, she can’t put it back on.
In Chile, the Mapuche fear the peuchen. In Aztec mythology, your life force could be sucked out door the souls of those who lost their life in childbirth. In the United States, the most recent documented vampire killing involved the corpse of young Mercy Brown.
In 1892, nineteen-year-old Mercy Brown died of tuberculosis. Soon after her death, her younger brother contracted the disease. Believing that the child’s illness was caused door the undead Mercy, her father, along with people from their small Rhode Island town, exhumed the girl’s body.Allegedly, the body had changed position and the corpse still had blood in its heart. They took her hart-, hart and burned it, mixing the ashes with water for her little brother to drink. Sadly, the child died anyway.
Asia
When in China, beware of the jiang-shi, which is a corpse whose soul hasn’t left its body. Jiang-shi suck out your life force (also known as chi). They are zei to have greenish, furry skin, a detail that probably comes from the sight of mold growing on a corpse.
The Phillipines has two malignant vampires. One is the blood-sucker (mandurugo in Tagalog), which looks like a beautiful woman but has wings and a long thin tongue that she uses to slurp people’s blood while they sleep. The other vampire variety is called a manananggal and can spleet, split herself in half at the torso. She flies around in the night sucking fetuses out of pregnant women.
Europe
Vampire hysteria has swept Europe at various times in history. Eastern Europe is the home pagina of Dracula- the place where the modern Western concept of the vampire originated. In Greece, they fear the vrykolakas. In fact, the vrykolakas was so feared that people sometimes took preventive measures.
Three years after death, they would exhume the bodies of their loved ones. The remains would be placed in a box and a priest would read from the scripture. If, however, the dead looked “undead”, it would be dealt with. Vrykolakas were often dispatched with an iron stake to the heart.
The Romani people tell of the mullo (”one who is dead”). They believed that female vampires could look like normal women but would wear their husbands out with their sexual appetites. The children of male vampires were called dhampirs.
Fear of vampires originates with the fear of death. Our ancestors had a lot of contact with the dead and some of the things that we now understand were completely unknown to them. This is why vampire myths are so widespread. It is a scary thing to be reminded of your own mortality.
door Stephanie Moore
A vampire is a blood-sucking, undead thing of the night that comes after people in their nightmares. Many cultures have vampire myths. In the past, folklore was a means of explaining what people didn’t understand. Widespread vampire mythology reflects the uncertainty about death that we all face.
People in the past had little understanding of the decomposition process.If an exhumed body looked “plump”, how did they know it was the natural result of gases in the body? To them, blood leaking from a corpse’s mouth meant that the dear departed had been feeding.
It must have been a disturbing sight.
Africa
In Southern Ghana, the Ashanti people tell of the the sasabonsam of asanbosam, which drinks human blood and clings to the branches of trees with iron talons. Another African vampire myth is that of the adze, a creature that takes the form of a firefly and sucks human blood. After it sucks their blood, the victim falls ill and dies. This myth is probably based on malaria infested mosquitos. Myths about the adze belong to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.
The Americas
In Trinidad, the soucouyant is an old woman who lives on the edges of villages. At night, she pulls off her wrinkled skin and puts it in a mortar for safe-keeping. She flies through the night in the form of a fireball and sucks the blood of human victims. If u need to get rid of a soucouyant, u have to find the mortar with the old woman’s skin and sprinkle coarse salt on it. Then, she can’t put it back on.
In Chile, the Mapuche fear the peuchen. In Aztec mythology, your life force could be sucked out door the souls of those who lost their life in childbirth. In the United States, the most recent documented vampire killing involved the corpse of young Mercy Brown.
In 1892, nineteen-year-old Mercy Brown died of tuberculosis. Soon after her death, her younger brother contracted the disease. Believing that the child’s illness was caused door the undead Mercy, her father, along with people from their small Rhode Island town, exhumed the girl’s body.Allegedly, the body had changed position and the corpse still had blood in its heart. They took her hart-, hart and burned it, mixing the ashes with water for her little brother to drink. Sadly, the child died anyway.
Asia
When in China, beware of the jiang-shi, which is a corpse whose soul hasn’t left its body. Jiang-shi suck out your life force (also known as chi). They are zei to have greenish, furry skin, a detail that probably comes from the sight of mold growing on a corpse.
The Phillipines has two malignant vampires. One is the blood-sucker (mandurugo in Tagalog), which looks like a beautiful woman but has wings and a long thin tongue that she uses to slurp people’s blood while they sleep. The other vampire variety is called a manananggal and can spleet, split herself in half at the torso. She flies around in the night sucking fetuses out of pregnant women.
Europe
Vampire hysteria has swept Europe at various times in history. Eastern Europe is the home pagina of Dracula- the place where the modern Western concept of the vampire originated. In Greece, they fear the vrykolakas. In fact, the vrykolakas was so feared that people sometimes took preventive measures.
Three years after death, they would exhume the bodies of their loved ones. The remains would be placed in a box and a priest would read from the scripture. If, however, the dead looked “undead”, it would be dealt with. Vrykolakas were often dispatched with an iron stake to the heart.
The Romani people tell of the mullo (”one who is dead”). They believed that female vampires could look like normal women but would wear their husbands out with their sexual appetites. The children of male vampires were called dhampirs.
Fear of vampires originates with the fear of death. Our ancestors had a lot of contact with the dead and some of the things that we now understand were completely unknown to them. This is why vampire myths are so widespread. It is a scary thing to be reminded of your own mortality.
Hey everyone!!This is the story of the time I was at Wal-Mart with some vrienden and the brand alarm went off but nobody cared and a baby died!
So anyway me and my friend Gyrrrrrrlllllllll were at Wal-Mart stealing stuff when the brand alarm went off.It was so funny cause nobody knew what to do.We were all just standing there not moving.It would have been meer funny to u if u *had've been there.
*I don't even think this is a word!
The End.
Nevermind.Fanpop zei this artikel is too short.Now what?That's all I had to say.Maybe if I say KITTENS!!!That will work.
So anyway me and my friend Gyrrrrrrlllllllll were at Wal-Mart stealing stuff when the brand alarm went off.It was so funny cause nobody knew what to do.We were all just standing there not moving.It would have been meer funny to u if u *had've been there.
*I don't even think this is a word!
The End.
Nevermind.Fanpop zei this artikel is too short.Now what?That's all I had to say.Maybe if I say KITTENS!!!That will work.
She's been married for a couple months now, but still can’t get used to calling him her husband.
“I forget to call him ‘my husband’ sometimes and still say ‘my boyfriend’. But I’ll get there,” she said.
This can happen to anyone we suppose, it takes a while to get used to the idea of being a wife.
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Yesterday, Demi Lovato talked about the nominees for the American muziek Awards coming up on the 21st of November.
It will be really exciting, because in the category for Best Female Popstar we have Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry!
In the category for Best Male Artist we have to choose between Justin Bieber, his friend Usher and Eminem. Who will win?
And as far as Artist of the Year, it is between Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Ke$ha and Eminem. An interesting mix and tough competition.
u can vote for your favorieten on the event webpage here: American muziek Awards.
It will be really exciting, because in the category for Best Female Popstar we have Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry!
In the category for Best Male Artist we have to choose between Justin Bieber, his friend Usher and Eminem. Who will win?
And as far as Artist of the Year, it is between Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Ke$ha and Eminem. An interesting mix and tough competition.
u can vote for your favorieten on the event webpage here: American muziek Awards.
5 meer incredibly random stuff...I'd like to note that not everything listed is exactly possible, but each is genuinely unique and random in it's own way....
5) wear a nametag that reads "hello. My name is Jesus Christ" (or famous person) when some one says "you're not Jesus" turn around and say "Jesus? Where?"
4) befriend a zombie (don't try unless you're okay with being bitten)
3) give out autographs to complete strangers and pretend you're famous
2) divide door zero (it's a little harder than it looks)
1) walk up behind someone and whisper in their ear "I like mudkips...."
Lots of laughs...I recommend 3, 2 and 1
5) wear a nametag that reads "hello. My name is Jesus Christ" (or famous person) when some one says "you're not Jesus" turn around and say "Jesus? Where?"
4) befriend a zombie (don't try unless you're okay with being bitten)
3) give out autographs to complete strangers and pretend you're famous
2) divide door zero (it's a little harder than it looks)
1) walk up behind someone and whisper in their ear "I like mudkips...."
Lots of laughs...I recommend 3, 2 and 1
Ever met that one person who really really aggervates u , like constantly talking of doing everything u do , well im gonna help u deal with them without punching them in the face (kris style <3)
1) always carry a stress ball , those things do work , and if not , u can always throw it at him/her
2) Carry a hoofdkussen, kussen in u purse/bag , so if u need to scream , scream in the hoofdkussen, kussen , this pervents people from thinking your crazy
3) Earphones , u COULD use them to block that person out , but studies toon that if that person happens to slikken one of the earphones , they wont talk anymore ,
4)Just a hint ; throwing chairs never helps ,
5)Try to be their friend , mabey that'll work
6) if its your sibbling ,
Girl:flush her fav barbie doll
Boy:Flush his favorate comic book
mixed gender: Flush their face (:
Again; Kris style <3
any ideas on any other topis to make kris style , please tell me (: <3
KrisLovesYou !
1) always carry a stress ball , those things do work , and if not , u can always throw it at him/her
2) Carry a hoofdkussen, kussen in u purse/bag , so if u need to scream , scream in the hoofdkussen, kussen , this pervents people from thinking your crazy
3) Earphones , u COULD use them to block that person out , but studies toon that if that person happens to slikken one of the earphones , they wont talk anymore ,
4)Just a hint ; throwing chairs never helps ,
5)Try to be their friend , mabey that'll work
6) if its your sibbling ,
Girl:flush her fav barbie doll
Boy:Flush his favorate comic book
mixed gender: Flush their face (:
Again; Kris style <3
any ideas on any other topis to make kris style , please tell me (: <3
KrisLovesYou !
I am sorry. I hate it when i have to do this, because i know that it's really silly! But the only reason why i wouldn't fan anyone back, would be if they had joined the twilight saga club. I can see it on their profiel and i immediately go all prejudice against them.
I shouldn't, i know, but it's against my morals to fan someone who loves the Twilight saga. If you're only a fan of Twilight, sometimes i forgive you... if you've done something to earn my respect.
Which would lead me onto my volgende reason...
If u have done nothing to earn my friendship, and not joined any of my favourite/major clubs, then i don't feel obliged to fan you.
However, if i can see that you're a fan of 'Random' of 'Harry Potter' of 'HP v T' etc, then the probability is that i will fan u back.
On the other hand, if u are looking at this thinking that u haven't done any of these things, then feel free to fan me... i'll gladly return the favour! :)
xxx
I shouldn't, i know, but it's against my morals to fan someone who loves the Twilight saga. If you're only a fan of Twilight, sometimes i forgive you... if you've done something to earn my respect.
Which would lead me onto my volgende reason...
If u have done nothing to earn my friendship, and not joined any of my favourite/major clubs, then i don't feel obliged to fan you.
However, if i can see that you're a fan of 'Random' of 'Harry Potter' of 'HP v T' etc, then the probability is that i will fan u back.
On the other hand, if u are looking at this thinking that u haven't done any of these things, then feel free to fan me... i'll gladly return the favour! :)
xxx