A vampire is a mythical being who subsists by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures. In folkloric tales, undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures, the term vampire was not popularised until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe,[1] although local variants were also known by different names, such as vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania. This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to what can only be called mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism.
In modern times, however, the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity, although belief in similar vampiric creatures such as the chupacabra still persists in some cultures. Early folkloric belief in vampires has been ascribed to the ignorance of the body's process of decomposition after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalise this, creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death. Porphyria was also linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure, but has since been largely discredited.
The charismatic and sophisticated vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century.[2] However, it is Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula which is remembered as the quintessential vampire novel and provided the basis of the modern vampire legend. The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre, still popular in the 21st century, with books, films, and television shows. The vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre.
แวมไพร์เป็นตำนานมีที่ subsists โดยให้อาหารในสาระสำคัญชีวิต (โดยทั่วไปในรูปของเลือด) ของสิ่งมีชีวิตที่อยู่อาศัย ในนิทาน folkloric ปราสาทแวมไพร์มักจะชมชอบ และเกิดการเสียหายหรือเสียชีวิตในพื้นที่ที่พวกเขาอาศัยอยู่เมื่อพวกเขามีชีวิตอยู่ พวกเขาสวม shrouds และมักจะถูกอธิบาย เป็นบวม และเข้ม หรือเป็ด สนับสนุน แตกต่างอย่างเด่นชัดจากวันนี้อนต์ ซีดแวมไพร์ซึ่งตั้งแต่ศตวรรษที่ 19 เริ่มต้นวัน แม้ว่าเอนทิตี vampiric ได้ถูกบันทึกไว้ในวัฒนธรรมส่วนใหญ่ แวมไพร์ระยะถูกไม่ popularised จนถึงต้นศตวรรษที่ 18 หลังจากการหลั่งไหลของแวมไพร์ความเชื่อโชคลางในยุโรปตะวันตกจากที่ตำนานของแวมไพร์ได้บ่อย บอลข่านและยุโรปตะวันออก, [1] ถึงแม้ว่าตัวแปรท้องถิ่นได้รู้จักกัน ด้วยชื่อที่แตกต่างกัน เช่น vrykolakas ในกรีซและโรมาเนีย strigoi ระดับของแวมไพร์ความเชื่อโชคลาง ในยุโรปที่นำไปสู่การที่สามารถเรียกได้เท่าอุปาทาน และ ในบางกรณีนี้เพิ่มให้จริง มีกฏประจำศพ และคนถูกกล่าว vampirismIn modern times, however, the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity, although belief in similar vampiric creatures such as the chupacabra still persists in some cultures. Early folkloric belief in vampires has been ascribed to the ignorance of the body's process of decomposition after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalise this, creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death. Porphyria was also linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure, but has since been largely discredited.The charismatic and sophisticated vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century.[2] However, it is Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula which is remembered as the quintessential vampire novel and provided the basis of the modern vampire legend. The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre, still popular in the 21st century, with books, films, and television shows. The vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre.
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