In the Middle Ages14th century in Europe, the church publicly admitted that vampires did exist.
The origin of vampires first appeared in the Christian Bible. Its role is Cain. According to legend, Adam and Eve, the ancestors of mankind, were tempted by Satan, ate the fruit of wisdom, were cursed by God and were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve gave birth to Cain and Abel. Cain is in charge of farming and Abel is in charge of grazing. Once, when Cain offered sacrifices to God, he could only offer some vegetables and rice as sacrifices, while Abel offered lambs and other meat as sacrifices. God only favored Abel's sacrifice, which led Cain to be jealous and finally stoned his brother Abel to death. All this did not escape God's eyes, and God called Cain to his side. When asked about the whereabouts of his brother Abel, Cain lied that he didn't know. God listed Cain's actions and cursed Cain:
"What did you do? There is a voice in your brother's blood crying to me from the ground. Open your mouth slowly and accept your brother's blood from you. Now you will be cursed by this land. When you farm, the land will no longer serve you, and you will drift on the ground. " Cain said to God, "My punishment is too heavy for me. Now you have driven me out of this land, so that I cannot see your face. I will wander on the ground and anyone who meets me will kill me. " God said to him, "Whoever kills Cain will be rewarded sevenfold." So God put a sign on Cain, lest anyone should meet him and kill him. So Cain left Mina of God and went to the land of Nod east of Eden. (Excerpted from the fourth chapter of Genesis, sentences 10 to 16)
The record in the Bible ends here, but it is said that Cain wandered around the Red Sea and met Lilith. She jumped into the Red Sea because she refused to obey God and became the witch of the night (that is, Satan's lover, and most of the demons on the earth were born by him). He learned to use magic and power with blood from Lilith, and God swore to him "don't kill him", so he gave Cain the condition of eternal life. Using magic and power requires a lot of blood. So Cain became the first vampire (some people think that the first vampire refers to Delith). By the way, there is a very interesting thing here, that is, the holy book of prophecy circulated among vampires, the book of Noah, and the place recorded by Cain in the Bible overlap.
At this point, even ancient vampires have nothing to record. Maybe they have, but they haven't been discovered yet.
Why do people think that vampires are mostly set in medieval Europe? This is caused by the earliest and most classic vampire literature. In addition, the standard vampires always live in medieval castles in Europe, for hundreds of years or thousands of years, and vampires are super nostalgic, so they are always reminiscent of the cruel and barbaric dark ages in Europe. And this book is braam stock's The Count of Vampires (Dracula in English). At that time, bram stoker was planning to write this novel. When he was looking up information, he came across the name of the evil archduke. It was later named after this name. Moreover, in the history of Europe, Dracula did exist. He is famous for his cruelty.
There is a movie called "Amazing 400 Years", which tells this story. You can watch it. A little scary, but more affectionate ~ affectionate vampire ~ ~ ~
The legend about vampires can be traced back thousands of years, and almost every culture in the world has its mysterious shadow. Their images are different, from the red-eyed and green-haired monster in China to the winged and half-snake man in Greece; From bloodsucking foxes in Japan to human heads with internal organs in Malaysia; All-encompassing. Naturally, they are not the main characters in our discussion today. The familiar novel, the vampire in the film and television, is actually closely related to the myth of Eastern Europe. The vampire legend in Europe originated from the Far East, and spread from China and Indian businessmen to the Mediterranean Sea via the Silk Road, and then to Greece, the Balkans and Hungary along the Black Coast. Modern people's impression of vampires also includes frightening legends, such as drinking blood, coming back from the dead, looking for human prey at night and so on. -these statements actually originated from eastern European mythology; And like some familiar features: wearing an evening dress and a turtleneck cloak, you can turn into a bat-in fact, it is the creation of a close friend. Even in eastern Europe, there are many kinds of vampires. Slavic Vampires Slavic peoples including Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Poland have the richest vampire myths and legends in the world. In the 9th and10th centuries, there was a power conflict between the Orthodox Church and the Holy See here, which led to the split of 1054. This has caused a huge difference in the development of vampire legends-the Vatican believes that immortals are saints; The orthodox church thinks it is: vampire. The myth of Slavic vampires developed in the conflict between paganism and Christianity in the ninth century. Christianity has won, but vampires and many other pagan beliefs continue to spread in legends. There are many reasons for the concept of "vampire", including: babies are born with teeth or tails; Be pregnant on a specific day; An unusual death; Be excommunicated from Christianity; Strange funeral or something. Vampires are not invincible. Fire, holy water and exorcism will do great harm to it. Human society doesn't know much about vampire race. In fact, although the history of vampire is almost as long as myth, due to the discipline and self-control of vampire population, human beings have never been able to understand them deeply. In history, the first human understanding of vampire race began in 1484. At that time, the whole of Europe was under the war of vampires. Vampire groups go out at night and are embraced by humans on a large scale. Many people can't accept the first hug, which leads to nervous disorder. Because the symptoms of people who received the first hug were similar to the plague, human society at that time thought it was another large-scale plague. Many human beings were buried in the same kind of graves before they died completely, or before their first embrace resumed. A few days later, for some unknown reason, people opened the graves and found that these bodies had changed their posture and were still stained with blood. This is the vampire that humans first came into contact with. Since then, the legend of vampires has spread in East Prussia, Silesia, Bohemia and other places. 1484, The Secret of Witchcraft, written by two Dominican monks Jacob Plenge and heinrich kramer, was approved and published by Pope Innocenti VIII, which was the first time in human history that the Christian church recognized the existence of supernatural power.