On the one hand, blood is the symbol of soul and life,
On the other hand, they think that blood is an ominous sign of disaster.
I told the Israelites that you should not eat the blood of any living thing, because it is their life, or you will be punished! 〃
(The Old Testament Law of Levi Moses)
The earliest vampire image is difficult to determine, but in general, there are the following statements:
Drakula, it is said that Drakula betrayed God because of his wife's death and became the first vampire.
Judas, a disciple of Jesus, betrayed him and later committed suicide because of regret (Bible). Legend has it that God made him immortal and lonely forever as a punishment. Vampires nowadays must remain mysterious and lonely forever.
[13] Satan: the devil who rebelled against God in Christian legends.
The characteristics of vampires stem from a disease called porphyria. Patients with this disease are afraid of the sun and need blood transfusion to stay alive. Some people burn their noses or ears because they accidentally see the sun, which makes people feel that they have lived for a long time.
In the history of vampires, the ancestor of vampires is considered as the Earl of Drakula, but it is not. To be precise, the true ancestor of vampires is Kane, the eldest son of Adam and Eve in the Bible. Genesis. The third chapter says: Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden and came to the wilderness, where they gave birth to many children. Cain was the eldest son and the third human being in the world. He is a farmer and lives with his brother Abel, a shepherd. One day, as usual, they offered sacrifices to God. Because his younger brother Abel is a shepherd, he provides rich meat. Cain's vegetables and carrots attracted God's displeasure, so Cain killed Abel angrily. This is the first murder case in the world. The next day, Abel's blood cried to God, and God cursed Cain to punish him. Cain must eat the blood of the living all his life and never die. Under this curse for generations, his land can no longer grow crops, and he has no fixed place to live, wandering around and being abandoned by the world forever. Cain became the first vampire in history, the ancestor of vampires. Where did the descendants come from after Cain became the ancestor of vampires? This is Cain's wife Lilith.
In Hebrew folklore and Dead Sea documents, Lilith described Lilith in this way. After the completion of heaven and earth, God created Adam and Lilith out of clay. God gave Adam the fruit of strength, and Adam had strength; Give Lilith the fruit of wisdom, and Lilith will have wisdom. Lilith became Adam's first wife. Once, Lilith asked God, "Why, Adam is stronger than me." God replied, "Because you are a woman, women should be weak and need the protection of men." Lilith was angry at God's unfair treatment and left Eden. In the Dead Sea Instrument, Lilith is described as a woman who has the consciousness of resisting the inequality between men and women. She couldn't stand the inequality between men and women, was unfair to God, and made a rebellious behavior. Later, Lilith met Cain and became his wife. After Lilith married Cain, she gave birth to thirteen children, all of whom were third-generation vampires (Lilith told Cain to turn herself into a vampire on the night when Lilith married Cain, so Lilith belonged to the second-generation vampire).
collateral relative by blood
Collateral blood relatives are important members of the vampire family. In war, collateral vampires are often the main force, but collateral vampires have no rights in the vampire family.
Judas. As the eldest son of Jesus, he colluded with the Roman rulers to kill Jesus. After Jesus died, Judas regretted it and finally hanged himself, but God refused to forgive him, so he turned Judas into a vampire, the earliest collateral vampire in vampire history. And unlike Judas, compared with the famous vampire count Drakula, Drakula is a bit more sad.
Count Drakula is not an orthodox vampire, but a collateral vampire. The background of his story is somewhat sad. Of course, this is quite different from the story background of KONAMI's masterpiece ghost city: A Sigh of Innocence, which was released on PS2. Drakula was originally named Vlad, also translated as Vlad. He is brave and good at fighting. Since 1456, he became the Grand Duke of Valencia, one of the three principalities of Romania, and he has been devoted to developing the country and restoring the economy. Of course, he also has a vicious side. He often nailed prisoners to sharpened stakes, which earned him the title of "Drakula", which means "son of the devil" in Romanian. But Fuld's actions also made Romania unite and become a powerful country.
Unfortunately, Fuld's beloved wife was killed by the enemy. Because of the loss of his beloved wife, Fuld cursed and betrayed God and became a vampire. It can be said that Fuld's background is touching. Think about it carefully, I am not particularly sad at the death of my beloved wife.
Because vampires with collateral blood are unorthodox, in a sense, collateral blood is defined as: those who betray God for some reason, become vampires or be bitten by vampires, and those who voluntarily become vampires. Judas betrayed Jesus, and Jesus came to save the world on behalf of God. In a sense, Judas betrayed both Jesus and God. More importantly, collateral blood is weaker than orthodox blood.
The history of vampires
Orthodox consanguinity
The orthodox bloodline appeared. The descendants of orthodox descent are descendants of thirteen clans founded by Cain's thirteen children. In the Middle Ages, the descendants of vampires grew up, and they became overlords, constantly biting human beings and establishing a huge collateral blood relationship, so as to strengthen the vampire family. All the riots were detected by Catholic judges. After confirming the existence of vampires, they decided to slaughter vampires on a large scale. In this war, the vampire hunter, who has been fighting in secret and not recognized by the world, was recognized as a hero and respected by the world after the war. At that time, the appearance of vampire hunters was inevitable, because most vampire hunters had sad memories, such as a happy family being destroyed by vampires, a loved one being killed or bitten by vampires, and so on, which forced the survivors to become vampire hunters.
There are only a few vampires left in the vampire family after the war, which is close to the point of despair, and there are few collateral blood relatives, which shows the scale of the war. In order to save the whole family, the vampire elders had to hold a meeting of thirteen clans, which is the thirteen clan alliance we will mention later.
Thirteen clan alliance
At the meeting, seven clans formed a secret party, four formed a neutral party and the remaining two formed a magic party. The secret party advocates the six commandments of "avoiding the world, seizing power, offspring, responsibility, respecting guests and killing relatives", that is, it advocates the policy of "avoiding the world", not revealing its true identity, hiding in human society and living together with mankind. Rubik's cube thinks that human beings are inferior animals and need to be ruled by violence and war, ignoring the six commandments of the secret recipe. I don't need to say more about the neutral side. They don't agree with the Six Commandments or the violence of the Rubik's Cube.
Since then, the vampire family has been divided into three major parties: secret party, neutral party and magic party. Keep it to this day.
Six commandments
Avoidance: In human social life, we should hide our true identity, don't expose ourselves casually, and don't form a group with other vampires in dense places to avoid attracting others' attention. "Avoiding the world" is the most traditional and core of the six commandments. Vampires who violate this commandment will be rejected by the whole family and will be severely punished.
Ownership: In the Middle Ages, vampires mostly had their own territory, but the real vampire territory was under the jurisdiction of Ancilla (assistant) vampires, and the temporarily unmanaged areas were managed by elders.
Descendants: For example, descendants of vampires and newborn collateral blood relatives will become new members of the vampire family as long as the elders agree and agree. The elders have the absolute right to dispose of their offspring, and they can distribute and kill at will.
Responsibility: vampire families have the responsibility to take care of their descendants, such as descendants and collateral blood relatives, and also have the responsibility to introduce them to their elders so that they can get knighthood. There are also humans who want to be vampires. These humans generally obey their vampire masters, and as long as the master thinks he or she is loyal, they have the right to turn him or her into a vampire. When the younger generation is not recognized, it will be taken care of by the elders and the person in charge. As long as they are adults and have formal status, they can get rid of the care of their elders and responsible persons. In the vampire family, the younger generation, who has just obtained official status, is often laughed at by other vampires, because their new members have no strength to be respected by other vampires, so there are a group of ambitious vampires among these younger generations, who prove their strength by hook or by crook.
Guest Zun: Because vampire families are distributed all over the world, and it is inevitable to travel far away, once they enter other jurisdictions in Anxi, they must abide by their laws.
Killing relatives: Ansila has a killing order for vampires who think they have violated the rules. The killing order is similar to "killing without forgiveness". Killing orders can only be effective within the local jurisdiction, but killing orders allow outsiders to kill, and successful killers will improve their reputation. If he is lucky, he will be promoted. So many vampires agree with this commandment. The commandment of "killing relatives" is to prevent the family from being destroyed by ambitious vampires, kill all rebellious vampires and avoid leaving behind future troubles.
The Six Commandments were formulated by vampire families under special circumstances and conditions, and their main purpose was to protect the survival of vampires. Facts have also proved that the formulation of the Six Commandments is correct.
In the world of blood clan, seniority represents status and ability. Of course, because the blood clan does not age, the age of actual life has nothing to do with the age it looks like.
First, the ancients, the third generation of vampires (archaic) They are the oldest vampires, and they may be the most powerful creatures in the world. Generally speaking, they are Cain's grandchildren (third generation vampires). No one knows whether this is just a legend, but what is certain is that if they really exist and participate in the affairs of the contemporary blood clan, then they will definitely not leave it at that. because
Since ancient times, it has been said that there is a thousand-year-old Jehad between these ancient vampires, and all descendants of the blood clan are just puppets in their eyes. As long as they say a word, they may turn the whole blood clan upside down. In Camarillo's custom, "antique" is even a taboo word.
Second, longevity, methuselah: This is the legendary blood clan. They have lived for one or two thousand years, and they are regarded as the fourth or fifth generation of blood clan. It is said that great changes have taken place in their bodies over the years. However, few people are sure whether they exist or not. After all, after such a long time, even the immortal body may be destroyed by madness or world-weariness. If there are people who have survived to this day, they will definitely stay out of it and will not join any organization. Moreover, there is no doubt that they absolutely have very powerful power.
3. The elderly: The elderly usually have lived for 200 to 1000 years. They are very capable, and most of them have occupied a place in the blood clan society and mastered considerable power.
Servant (Ansila): After 50 to 100 years, new members may be concerned by the elders as long as they keep the tradition of discipline. Although they are still very young, they already have considerable ability. This is the intermediate stage from advanced to advanced.
5. Uncontrolled person, traitor: Some new members who are highly rebellious will become traitors. They will be noticed by their elders because of their rebellion. But they can't enter the formal political operation.
6. Gongzi is a new member of the blood clan who has just been introduced to the prince, but he has not yet made his mark in the blood clan society. They are the youngest blood clan, and the contemporary sons are generally after the thirteenth generation.
Babies (newborns) are vampires who have not been introduced to the prince, nor have they been released by their elders (Your Majesty). Newborns are usually taken care of by the elderly when they are young.
hierarchy
In the vampire family, the distribution of status and power is very important. The vampire family can be divided into seven grades. The following is a description of the seven grades.
Childe (your son): an unrecognized vampire, generally underage, often taken care of by his elders because of his inexperience.
Newborn (newborn): a new vampire member who has just entered and been recognized. Most of them belong to collateral blood relatives, no titles, and ordinary vampires, no doubt.
Rebel: An extremely rebellious vampire. Most of them rebelled against their elders' decisions, so they were rejected by their elders and could not participate in any political activities.
Ancilla (Assistant): A vampire who abides by all the resolutions of the elders and the six commandments. During this period, some of them may be noticed by their elders and promoted to be elders. It can be said that Ansila belongs to the vampire in the middle stage from ordinary vampire to elder.
Elders: Vampire elders who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years. They have great power and mastered the power to run the vampire family. More importantly, they are all orthodox vampires. Vampires with collateral blood are not allowed in Aird.
Methuselah (Ma Sala-style old man): No one has ever seen the legendary vampire, but he is definitely above Aird and generally doesn't like to have anything to do with the world. To put it bluntly, it is an anonymous vampire.
Ancient people (old people): The oldest vampire in legend is also stronger than any of the above classes, and most of them have reached the age of aging. They have supreme power, and their resolutions can overturn the resolutions of the elders.
First, the prince (Infante): Usually they have lived for 200 to 1000 years. They have many powerful abilities and occupy a place in the blood clan society, and at least 65,438+000 children or servants have mastered considerable power.
2. Elder: Unlike the elder, this elder is the elder who manages the clan, not the highest Kamara Council elder of the whole blood clan. Usually has lived for 200 to 1000 years, higher than the prince.
Third, the Lord (suzerain): It was the blood clan that gave the Kamalira conference territory. The original intention of suzerain is suzerain, which means that he is the supreme master of a territory. Generally once a century, no re-election.
4. Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron.
Most of the words listed below are unique to vampires and will appear in the game. The whole vocabulary comes from The Asking Child and some film and television works.
Kane: the eldest son of Adam and Eve. Considered to be the first vampire.
Clan: a group of vampires with the same characteristics determined by blood. There are 13 known clans, all founded by the third generation vampires.
6. Hug: Generally speaking, there are two ways to get started:
1. Vampires make a cross-shaped incision on a person's neck to drain the blood of the human body. Let it suck its own blood.
2. Vampires suck human blood directly, and then let them suck their own blood.
Vampires don't call themselves vampires, they usually call themselves kin. To become a member of the blood clan, a mortal must first go through the process of "hugging". In other words, he must be sucked dry by a member of the blood clan, and then immediately accept the blood of the blood clan and become a new blood clan. The first hug often brings a very strong feeling, mixed with fear and ecstasy, and the blood clan will never forget it.
Once you become a member of the blood clan, you will get an "immortal body", or a "living dead". Blood clan is a kind of creature different from human beings, and its body tissue has completely changed. The teeth of the blood clan can be painted as long as they want, although most of the time they will be hidden to hide their identity. When the blood clan sucks blood, it will heal the wound in its own way to cover up the traces. The blood clan's heart stops beating, but it can also control its own heart beating. Blood in the body flows through diffusion. Because the capillaries are no longer full of blood, the skin of the blood clan is particularly pale. Sometimes, I even shed tears when I cry. Blood clan can use the blood in the body to heal themselves. When injured, the blood in the body will concentrate on the wound, and the wound will emit purple light and will soon heal.
Blood clan doesn't have to eat, but it needs to keep sucking blood. When the blood clan feels hungry, they will have a strong thirst for blood, which is as strong as human hunger.
Porphyrin disease
Hippocrates, an ancient Greek doctor, is usually regarded as the first person to recognize porphyria. At that time, he regarded the disease as a blood disease or a lung disease. It was not until 187 1 year that the great German biochemist Felix Huo Po-Seiler discovered the causal relationship between porphyrin pigment and porphyria. 1889, B.J. Stokvis called a series of clinical symptoms "porphyria", thus establishing the name of this strange disease.
Porphyropathy refers to a group of diseases, each of which has its special typical manifestations, and its common feature is that a large number of porphyrins, porphyrins and porphyrin precursors are excreted in urine and/or stool.
Porphyria can be divided into two categories: erythropoietic porphyria and hepatic porphyria.
Patients with congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP) are suspected to be the origin of vampire stories.
There are many forms of porphyria, one of which is acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). Britain's "mad king" George III is one of the victims of this disease. The most serious porphyria is congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP), and the tragic fate of its patients is suspected to be the origin of vampire stories. Although porphyria is usually caused by gene mutation, excessive drinking and environmental pollution can also induce the disease.
The word porphyrin comes from the Greek porphura, which means purple. According to textual research, the Greeks learned this word from the Phoenicians. In Phoenicia, people extracted purple pigments from purple mollusks to dye royal robes. Later, in the Byzantine Empire, the proverb "Born purple" (literally translated as "born noble") was derived from this purple symbol. Different from "wealth", its meaning is more expensive than wealth, and usually only the descendants of the royal family and nobles can bear such a description.
However, those who are born with porphyrin are not so lucky. This phytochrome produced by genetic variation or environmental toxicity in the process of heme production, once exposed to sunlight, will become a powerful toxin and can cause at least 8 types of porphyria. In the most serious patients with porphyria, porphyrin will devour the tissues and bodies near the gathering area, causing severe anemia, facial organ corrosion, purple urine, and various strange behaviors reminiscent of vampires-
Fear of sunlight: Porphyrin is a kind of photosensitive pigment, which will gather on human skin, bones and teeth. Most porphyrins are benign in the dark and will not cause any harm to the body, but once exposed to the sun, they will become dangerous toxins and devour the muscles and tissues of the human body. So porphyria patients, like the legendary vampires, can only live in a dark world and can't see the light.
Pale face: most porphyria patients are accompanied by severe anemia, not only because they usually live in the dark, but more importantly, porphyrin in their bodies will affect hematopoietic function and destroy heme production. Usually, patients with porphyria also have a lot of pigment deposits-usually purple.
Immortal body: due to the effect of toxin, the ears and nose of porphyria patients will be corroded by it, and the skin will be covered with scars, which makes it look particularly old. In European legends, people who live forever are often described in a similar way. If it is misinformation, there is a saying called "vampires never die". In fact, the life span of porphyria patients is usually short.
Teeth as sharp as wolves: porphyrin can be converted into toxins that can devour muscles and tissues in the sun. One of the main manifestations is that it will corrode patients' lips and gums, leaving patients with teeth as sharp as wolves. Rotten gums always look bloody, which inevitably reminds people of vampire. (Text/Rui, from Sanlian Life Weekly)
Related works
novel
Swan Light Source Author: Heng Shu (now living in the UK) (The author is Heng Shu, the founder of vampire culture in China, and is currently being serialized. )
The Bloody Invasion/Let the Right Person in is a modern masterpiece of vampire novels. It was first adapted into a movie in Sweden, and then it was adapted into the American version of Bloody Invasion by Hollywood at a high price.
Drakula (the pioneering work of vampire novels)
Vampire Chronicle Series Interview with Vampires at Night, Vampire Lester, Vampire Queen, Body Thief, Blackwood Manor and Ode to Blood (representative of vampire novels)
Vampire Hunter D (from 1982 to 2002, * * * released 22 copies and sold well all over the world. In 2002, Japan and the United States co-produced an anime film with the same name.
Looking for Past Lives Up and Down and Looking for Past Lives
Night attack on vampire castle
Introduction of Gray Elegance: Hollywood blockbusters written in words.
Family at night
Twilight series Twilight City, New Moon, Eclipse, Dawn and Midnight Sunshine (between magic and romance novels)
Vampire diaries series
The incredible Queen Anton.
Vampire knight night
The Kiss of Dracula (written by braam stock, the originator of vampires, The Shadow of Vampires for 400 years) was adapted from it.
The Vampire Queen (the movie The Vampire Queen was adapted from then on)
Visit the vampire again (the movie "Visit the vampire again" has been adapted since then)
Bloodthirsty empire
Knight of Rose Night
film
Nosferatu
Legend of the night 1
Legend of the night 2
Legend of the night 3: prequel
The shadow of vampires for 400 years
Queen of the Damned
From dusk to dawn
Vampire Ryan
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
avaricious
Twilight 1- Twilight
Twilight 2- New Moon
Twilight 3- Eclipse
Twilight 4- Breaking Dawn
Twilight 5- Midnight Sunshine
Oscar pistorius 1
Blade II
Blade 3
Vampire HunterD"
Les Dents de la Nuit
Invasive blood (Swedish original)
American version of bloody invasion (Hollywood remake, played by the famous American bloody loli Chloe Moritz)
bat
Lesbian vampire killer
Thousand-machine transformer 1
Thirty nights
Moon Child
Netherbeast Incorporated
Librarian: The Curse of the Holy Grail
Vampire Nosfiladu
Vampire maniac
Vampires, The Adventures of David Gray.
Vampire 2000 (Vampire 1)
Dracula 2 Ascension (Vampire 2)
Dracula 3 Resurrection (Vampire 3)
Dracula 3000
The symbol of vampires
Dracula's nightmare
Red lips
Black moon and high wind
400 years of obsession with vampires
Countess Vampire
Vampire revenge
Bloody Battle: The Last Vampire
At dawn.
Vampire's assistant
Queen of the Damned
400 years of surprise
Is Twilight Enough/Talking about vampires/Twilight movies
Flowers on the other side (Japanese vampire movie)
Van Helsing
TV plays
The vampire diaries season one is over.
The first, second and third seasons of True Blood are over.
Rh positive
Night lover specialty store
The first season of Moonlight and Bloody Moonlight has been cut.
Buffy the Vampire Hunter and Buffy the Vampire Hunter.
Blood relationship, blood connection, the first and second seasons of American TV series
"Vampire Boy" is starred by Yuma Zhongshan of Genese Office, playing a vampire boy who came into the world for eternal life and lived in high school.
I have a date with a zombie. Hong Kong Opera Episode I, Episode II, Episode II: An Eternal Country
The Hong Kong drama Zombie Master II, starring the real zombie master Ching-Ying Lam, is the predecessor of I have a date with a zombie.
Youth legend-Singapore drama
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