"Strigoi, Moroi, Dhamphir, Psionic, the list goes on. It's like we're not happy with the classic idea of vampires, which on their own are such magnificent and interesting creatures, For some reason, we have to continuously alter their characteristics to add this 'edge' and produce another hundred young adult novels, anime, TV spin-offs, and movies. Not to mention how all four of these are based on myths and legends that were poorly translated and terribly misunderstood.

My rant aside, I took out some of the pages under the vampire section. Only bits of information are valuable and until I can compile enough to truly and accurately summarize the myths of these creatures, we're better off being one less website that's spewing nonsense.

Edit: Everyone is more than welcome to discuss vampires on this thread, just don't go off topic."

"I have to admit I really like Twilight. But I also realize that its portrayal of "vampires" is b.s. I'm no expert on vampires but don't the original legends depict them kind of like ghouls or zombies?
Question: -Did the depictions of vampires as blood-drinkers start with Vlad the Impaler (aka Vlad Dracul)? Or have they always been depicted as blood-drinkers?"

"I have to admit I really like Twilight. But I also realize that its portrayal of "vampires" is b.s. I'm no expert on vampires but don't the original legends depict them kind of like ghouls or zombies?
Question: -Did the depictions of vampires as blood-drinkers start with Vlad the Impaler (aka Vlad Dracul)? Or have they always been depicted as blood-drinkers?"

"I also found this interesting.

https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html

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"According to some folklore they were known as undead for the fact that people would see a loved one that has been dead to visit them and attack them. The victims would soon end up dead. So they would dig up the body and stake it to the coffin or behead them."

"Besides, any intelligent vampire wouldn't carelessly leave any evidence of their true identity. ;)"

"The wikipedia article for Vlad Tepes is relatively accurate in terms of history. The rest is a result of poor translation.

Jesterette, no the depictions of vampires as blood-drinkers did not start with Vlad Tepes. That started long before. Bram Stoker, who wrote the novel Dracula, just bastardized the legend of Vlad Tepes because he didn't understand the violent tendencies the king had.

To be completely honest, I wish Vlad Tepes wasn't tied to the lore of vampires. I'm one of his descendants (yes, legitimately) and it's really awful to have everyone you introduce yourself to spew some ignorant assumption or backhanded comment about someone from your lineage. He was a good king, albeit violent and cruel to his enemies, but he was a national hero and deserves more respect than the Western society gives him."

"Sanguine Vampires are fairly misunderstood, I've spoken to a few before.... Also know a few energy vampires too"