The origin of vampire legend

Humans have created many elves who act at night, among which vampires are unique; It is a zombie, and it must suck the blood of the living to survive forever. Vampires should be born from blood-related fantasies-blood, a precious liquid, is a symbol of vitality. If people lose blood due to injury, their lives will be in danger. This concept of blood can be traced back to ancient times. The first reliable record is a prehistoric pottery pot found in Persia, Central Asia. There is a picture on the jar: a man is fighting with a devil who wants to suck his blood. Later, Lilith, the Babylonian banshee, became famous for drinking children's blood. This legend has been circulating for thousands of years. Some writers believe that the legend of vampires first appeared in China in the 6th century BC. In fact, whether in China, Indians, Malays, or in the societies of West Asians, Aztecs or Eskimos in Porini, there is evidence of this. Strictly speaking, these elves cannot be called vampires; Vampires are the product of European civilization. In 772 AD, Charlemagne, the Frankish kingdom, conquered the Saxons, a branch of the ancient Germans, and converted them to Christianity. In 785, he issued a pardon order for the rights of Christians in the pagan areas of Saxony, forcing Saxons to be baptized. According to this law, all Saxons who confuse pagan beliefs with the idea that bread and wine in the Eucharist are regarded as the body and blood of Jesus, and those who hold a feast of human flesh will be put to death. Despite these precautions and prohibitions, in the Christian world of the Middle Ages, blood was still endowed with supernatural ability, which was rendered by ghosts and gods, resulting in vampire superstition. In the 1 1 century, some wizards and doctors believed that blood had the function of atonement and abused the worship of the Virgin Mary. Their prescription for curing all diseases and delaying aging turned out to be drinking the pure blood of virgins. Neo-Platonism emphasizes extreme idealism and advocates "escaping from the body". This idea holds that there is life after death, which is another role played by Christianity in the formation of vampire superstition. The body is only a material body, so it will rot, and the soul can continue to live in another world, waiting to be resurrected at the final judgment. If sinners can repent, especially accept the anointing ceremony before they die, their souls can be saved by atonement. Those who did not accept the anointing ceremony, or those who were not buried in the holy land, such as those who committed suicide or were expelled from the church, were doomed to be saved. According to the Christian interpretation, these people are "suffering souls", which belong neither to this life nor to the afterlife. Superstitions about ghosts and vampires arise from this. Ghosts are different from vampires. Ghosts are ghosts without bodies, so they are harmless to people. A vampire is a possessed ghost, a body occupied by a soul that has escaped from purgatory. Supplement: 1 1 Century found the body of the deceased leaving the grave intact, so there were rumors circulating. Colin de Planci's Dictionary of Hell records an event: 103 1 year, when the second bishops' conference was held in limoges, southern France, Bishop de Cahos said that a knight who was expelled from his parish died and his body was killed many times. In northern European legends, there are also stories of vampires. The Celtics in Ireland once brought their faith to Iceland, Scandinavia and the British Isles, so the vampire legend in Northern Europe was already combined with Christianity in the Middle Ages. Since12nd century, in English chronicles written in Latin, such as 1 193 Walter Map's Palace Trivia and 1 196 William de Newburg's History of the Church of England, in these two works, They come out of their graves every night and haunt their relatives, causing a series of bizarre deaths. However, when you open their coffins, you can still see that the bodies are intact and bloody. The only way to stop them from playing tricks is to stab the body with a sword and burn it. British chroniclers can't find a special term to describe these zombies, so they call them "zombie monsters" (zombie monsters), which are actually later vampires. The British Isles was the first place to form vampire superstition, but it was not common until the Renaissance. Supplement: It was not until the14th century that vampire superstition really took shape, mainly spreading in East Prussia, Silesia and Bohemia in Central Europe. It used to be irrelevant to believe in vampires, but now it has become a climate, as common as the plague that raged at the same time, and has been combined with the plague. In order to avoid spreading the plague, people are often not sure whether the patients are dead, so they bury them in a hurry. When you open the grave a few days later, you will see a well-preserved body still stained with blood. In fact, they should not be imagined as vampires, because these people may be in great pain at the last moment of their lives, trying to struggle out of the coffin in vain, thus being injured and bleeding. Later, in Michael Langford's 1728 masterpiece "The Body Chewed at Will in the Grave", he even talked about self-swallowing. In the superstitious14th century, vampire legends became popular because of the plague. 1343, Steno de retten, a Prussian baron, died of plague and was buried in Bruges. However, behind him, several people swore that they saw him again outside the grave. In order to let Dryden's soul rest in peace, people had to dig up the cemetery and pierce his body with swords. Nowadays, our common vampire images are shaped by 19 and the publication of a large number of novels about vampires in the 20th century, among which Drakula the Vampire (also known as Zhuo) by British writer bram stoker is the most famous, and Drakula was the vampire Yu Dacheng at that time. Now we know that the characteristics and weaknesses of vampires come from this novel. There is a genetic disease called congenital erythropoietic porphyria, which is caused by the lack of synthase in porphyrin, one of the precursors of erythropoiesis. Purple will accumulate in blood and urine, and urine will be red. Because of its strong absorption of light, the patient's skin will be sensitive to light, teeth will fluoresce, and anemia will occur because red blood cells cannot be formed. Previously, such patients were considered as "vampires" because they were afraid of light, looked weird and loved to drink blood. In fact, this disease can be cured by injecting enzymes that metabolize purple. Vampires are possessed ghosts, not wandering souls. Vampires come out of graves at night to suck the blood of the living, so that they can continue their lives after resurrection. And people who have been killed by vampires will become vampires after death. After a vampire is buried in a grave for a few weeks, the body will not harden or rot. It has abnormal hair growth, tangled eyebrows and long palms. Vampires usually don't bite their victims, but suck blood from skin pores. So the vampire with long and sharp teeth as we know it is a fictional image of the novelist. He can become all kinds of animals, such as spiders or butterflies, or even fog or straw. Supplement: The so-called "secret" to deal with vampires is holy water, because holy water is the source of life. They are also afraid of the Eucharist and the cross. The safest way is to put a stake in its heart and let it go beyond redemption. According to legend, it can only move at night, so it may be afraid of the sun. Everyone thinks garlic can deal with vampires. In fact, only in Romania. According to legend, people who are expelled from the church, people who commit suicide, wizards, premature babies, and people who have never held a Christian funeral after death are more likely to become vampires after death. Some people who are born with teeth or have membranes on their heads (amniotic membrane or placenta covering their heads) are also called vampires. In addition, like Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, he had erythema and extremely deep or light blue eyes; Hair is reddish brown. Known as vampire characteristics.