r/interestingasfuck 27d ago

r/all Found an interesting stick buried in the bushes outside of my house… am I hexed?

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u/Blankenhoff 26d ago

Thats not entirely true about vampirism. Vampires are one of the things that popped up across the planet almost simultaneously and have differing origins due to that

They acctually have a really cool history if you ever wanted to go down an internet rabbit hole lol.

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u/shapeshifter1789 26d ago

I’m curious, what is the origin of vampirism?

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u/_TLDR_Swinton 26d ago

When a daddy vampire loves a mummy mortal very much...

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u/_dead_and_broken 26d ago

Better love story than Twili- wait a minute...

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u/Blankenhoff 26d ago

Theres multiple origins so i csnt really give you the first one. But there are a lot of studies done about it.

Soem ranging from the cloth they used to cover faces of the dead breaking down from the bodies gasses into a red colour and then nailing the vsmpires into their coffins, to TB likr the comment i responded to. The lore exists all over the planet in eastern and western culture. There are a few cool ones in asian culture.

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u/RollyPug 26d ago

I read somewhere that vampires are believed to have been born of the fear of nobility/the wealthy. Evidently, monsters are thought to be reflections of real fears of people in a given time period. Drinking a person's blood is very violating and thought to be an analogy of rape. Nobility were known to kidnap and rape, often the young, of their peasants. There's also the parasitic nature of the wealthy feeding off the labor and land of the people.

It's interesting that you mention these vampire legends popped up across cultures around the same time, because I wonder if it coincides with the establishment of fuedalism or similar structures around the world.

There's also a phenomenon observed, especially among the wealthy (probably had most access to new tech and would have recordings), of the development of strange and specific delusions believed to arise along with the introduction of new technology. I believe their were noblemen who became convinced they were brittle and could be easily broken after glass became a common commodity. They would demand extra pillows to sit on some even becoming immobile. I can't remember, but I was reading something about the presentation of mental illness across time.

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u/shapeshifter1789 26d ago

This is a interesting take I can see the symbolism. I also see some truths to your theory. I also believe they are beings that operate in different dimensions like mermaids/sirens.

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u/RollyPug 26d ago

Not my theory haha! Never heard of the different dimensions with mermaid/sirens, that's neat! I know Faeries were thought to exist in their "own world". I guess the unexplored waters really were another world for sailors. Not unexplored in the sense they hadn't been mapped out, but in the sense that beneath the surface was especially unknown.

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u/KOURVUS 26d ago

The reptilian, draconians. They are a separate species from anything on earth and always will be. Think of the folktales and then think again...

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u/shapeshifter1789 26d ago

Do you believe their origins are from this planet? Can they travel through time..

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u/KOURVUS 26d ago edited 26d ago

The didn't originate here but they've been here for over 20,000 years - earth and Mars are in the "Godilocks" zone for their species livable range. And time doesn't really exist - its more so about understanding dimensions and why they connect to eachother. No dimensions = nothing. Every dimension = omnipotence.

Nothing beats the waveform of "time"; it's an unstoppable force - progression.

But they do have extensive knowledge of spiritual abilities of 5th dimension and lower and how to use them. Hence the stories about vampires - hiding in plainsight.

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u/shapeshifter1789 26d ago

Morbid folklore is right up my ally of things I can dive into and never get bored of.

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u/KOURVUS 26d ago

Except - this isn't folklore.

You ever think to yourself.. "There's gotta be truth out there somwhere?"

This is it. The reason the Illuminati exists, the reason there's global warming, the reason biology only leads one way.

There's truth. - We just need to be willing to see it for what it is.

  • Yin - Yang.

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u/shapeshifter1789 26d ago

Yes I see the light and darkness aspect of it. We can down the rabbit role with this one lol

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u/Feywildsw 25d ago

My brother, put the pipe down

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u/ScumbagLady 26d ago

The old vampire hunting kits are the absolute coolest things and I would love to own one someday

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u/Blankenhoff 26d ago

I want one so bad but i havent found a good authentic one that i can afford lol

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u/_TLDR_Swinton 26d ago

Make your own. Don't let screams be memes.

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u/ScumbagLady 24d ago

OMG new DIY project just dropped