vampiros From Around the World
por Stephanie Moore
A vampire is a blood-sucking, undead thing of the night that comes after people in their nightmares. Many cultures have vampire myths. In the past, folklore was a means of explaining what people didn’t understand. Widespread vampire mythology reflects the uncertainty about death that we all face.
People in the past had little understanding of the decomposition process.If an exhumed body looked “plump”, how did they know it was the natural result of gases in the body? To them, blood leaking from a corpse’s mouth meant that the dear departed had been feeding.
It must have been a disturbing sight.
Africa
In Southern Ghana, the Ashanti people tell of the the sasabonsam or asanbosam, which drinks human blood and clings to the branches of trees with iron talons. Another African vampire myth is that of the adze, a creature that takes the form of a firefly and sucks human blood. After it sucks their blood, the victim falls ill and dies. This myth is probably based on malaria infested mosquitos. Myths about the adze belong to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.
The Americas
In Trinidad, the soucouyant is an old woman who lives on the edges of villages. At night, she pulls off her wrinkled skin and puts it in a mortar for safe-keeping. She flies through the night in the form of a fireball and sucks the blood of human victims. If you need to get rid of a soucouyant, you have to find the mortar with the old woman’s skin and sprinkle coarse salt on it. Then, she can’t put it back on.
In Chile, the Mapuche fear the peuchen. In Aztec mythology, your life force could be sucked out por the souls of those who lost their life in childbirth. In the United States, the most recent documented vampire killing involved the corpse of young Mercy Brown.
In 1892, nineteen-year-old Mercy Brown died of tuberculosis. Soon after her death, her younger brother contracted the disease. Believing that the child’s illness was caused por the undead Mercy, her father, along with people from their small Rhode Island town, exhumed the girl’s body.Allegedly, the body had changed position and the corpse still had blood in its heart. They took her coração and burned it, mixing the ashes with water for her little brother to drink. Sadly, the child died anyway.
Asia
When in China, beware of the jiang-shi, which is a corpse whose soul hasn’t left its body. Jiang-shi suck out your life force (also known as chi). They are said to have greenish, furry skin, a detail that probably comes from the sight of mold growing on a corpse.
The Phillipines has two malignant vampires. One is the blood-sucker (mandurugo in Tagalog), which looks like a beautiful woman but has wings and a long thin tongue that she uses to slurp people’s blood while they sleep. The other vampire variety is called a manananggal and can dividido, dividir herself in half at the torso. She flies around in the night sucking fetuses out of pregnant women.
Europe
Vampire hysteria has swept europa at various times in history. Eastern europa is the início of Dracula- the place where the modern Western concept of the vampire originated. In Greece, they fear the vrykolakas. In fact, the vrykolakas was so feared that people sometimes took preventive measures.
Three years after death, they would exhume the bodies of their loved ones. The remains would be placed in a box and a priest would read from the scripture. If, however, the dead looked “undead”, it would be dealt with. Vrykolakas were often dispatched with an iron stake to the heart.
The Romani people tell of the mullo (”one who is dead”). They believed that female vampiros could look like normal women but would wear their husbands out with their sexual appetites. The children of male vampiros were called dhampirs.
Fear of vampiros originates with the fear of death. Our ancestors had a lot of contact with the dead and some of the things that we now understand were completely unknown to them. This is why vampire myths are so widespread. It is a scary thing to be reminded of your own mortality.
por Stephanie Moore
A vampire is a blood-sucking, undead thing of the night that comes after people in their nightmares. Many cultures have vampire myths. In the past, folklore was a means of explaining what people didn’t understand. Widespread vampire mythology reflects the uncertainty about death that we all face.
People in the past had little understanding of the decomposition process.If an exhumed body looked “plump”, how did they know it was the natural result of gases in the body? To them, blood leaking from a corpse’s mouth meant that the dear departed had been feeding.
It must have been a disturbing sight.
Africa
In Southern Ghana, the Ashanti people tell of the the sasabonsam or asanbosam, which drinks human blood and clings to the branches of trees with iron talons. Another African vampire myth is that of the adze, a creature that takes the form of a firefly and sucks human blood. After it sucks their blood, the victim falls ill and dies. This myth is probably based on malaria infested mosquitos. Myths about the adze belong to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.
The Americas
In Trinidad, the soucouyant is an old woman who lives on the edges of villages. At night, she pulls off her wrinkled skin and puts it in a mortar for safe-keeping. She flies through the night in the form of a fireball and sucks the blood of human victims. If you need to get rid of a soucouyant, you have to find the mortar with the old woman’s skin and sprinkle coarse salt on it. Then, she can’t put it back on.
In Chile, the Mapuche fear the peuchen. In Aztec mythology, your life force could be sucked out por the souls of those who lost their life in childbirth. In the United States, the most recent documented vampire killing involved the corpse of young Mercy Brown.
In 1892, nineteen-year-old Mercy Brown died of tuberculosis. Soon after her death, her younger brother contracted the disease. Believing that the child’s illness was caused por the undead Mercy, her father, along with people from their small Rhode Island town, exhumed the girl’s body.Allegedly, the body had changed position and the corpse still had blood in its heart. They took her coração and burned it, mixing the ashes with water for her little brother to drink. Sadly, the child died anyway.
Asia
When in China, beware of the jiang-shi, which is a corpse whose soul hasn’t left its body. Jiang-shi suck out your life force (also known as chi). They are said to have greenish, furry skin, a detail that probably comes from the sight of mold growing on a corpse.
The Phillipines has two malignant vampires. One is the blood-sucker (mandurugo in Tagalog), which looks like a beautiful woman but has wings and a long thin tongue that she uses to slurp people’s blood while they sleep. The other vampire variety is called a manananggal and can dividido, dividir herself in half at the torso. She flies around in the night sucking fetuses out of pregnant women.
Europe
Vampire hysteria has swept europa at various times in history. Eastern europa is the início of Dracula- the place where the modern Western concept of the vampire originated. In Greece, they fear the vrykolakas. In fact, the vrykolakas was so feared that people sometimes took preventive measures.
Three years after death, they would exhume the bodies of their loved ones. The remains would be placed in a box and a priest would read from the scripture. If, however, the dead looked “undead”, it would be dealt with. Vrykolakas were often dispatched with an iron stake to the heart.
The Romani people tell of the mullo (”one who is dead”). They believed that female vampiros could look like normal women but would wear their husbands out with their sexual appetites. The children of male vampiros were called dhampirs.
Fear of vampiros originates with the fear of death. Our ancestors had a lot of contact with the dead and some of the things that we now understand were completely unknown to them. This is why vampire myths are so widespread. It is a scary thing to be reminded of your own mortality.
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They got out.
Alicia beckoned them.
"There!It's getting louder!"
The banging continued.
Alicia found herself in the woods.
She stopped.
Henry and Sarah caught up to her.
Alicia covered her mouth.
"What.Is.I-i-it?"Alicia asked.
Down the steep hill.Was a door the door was buried in the ground.under leaves.
The three friends stepped down.The noise grew louder.Henry and Sarah could hear it now.
Alicia was down first.She saw a keyhole.Alicia looked for the key.
"ALICIA!"Sarah said.
Alicia looked down,stopped her foot from going down,And backed up.A blood puddle.
"Oh my go-"
"The key!It's in the blood!"Henry said.
"Ew!I'm not picking it up!"Alicia said.
Sarah looked around and pushed Henry forward.
Henry picked up the key,And put it in the keyhole...
They got out.
Alicia beckoned them.
"There!It's getting louder!"
The banging continued.
Alicia found herself in the woods.
She stopped.
Henry and Sarah caught up to her.
Alicia covered her mouth.
"What.Is.I-i-it?"Alicia asked.
Down the steep hill.Was a door the door was buried in the ground.under leaves.
The three friends stepped down.The noise grew louder.Henry and Sarah could hear it now.
Alicia was down first.She saw a keyhole.Alicia looked for the key.
"ALICIA!"Sarah said.
Alicia looked down,stopped her foot from going down,And backed up.A blood puddle.
"Oh my go-"
"The key!It's in the blood!"Henry said.
"Ew!I'm not picking it up!"Alicia said.
Sarah looked around and pushed Henry forward.
Henry picked up the key,And put it in the keyhole...
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Taylor:*Wakes up*LIZZIE!*panting*
Lizzie:Taylor!Taylor,Calm down.
Taylor's P.O.V:
I looked around and saw Charm,Amber,Amy,and Lizzie.
Taylor:What?Wait what happened??
Amy:You were outside,Had scratches on your arm,so we drove you to the hospital.
I looked at my arm,A scratch ran down my arm,My eyes got huge.
Lizzie:It's okay!You're okay!
Then Amber turned on the TV.
Lady on news:Today Johnathan Jonesmen was arrested for murdering his wife.And today,his 3 daughters are in a orphanage.And his oldest daughter,Taylor is in the hospital.
I started to get dizzy.I almost dozed off when.
Lizzie:Taylor,Here *hand a bracelet*
The Bracelet had five rhinestones, and 5 charms.One had a little girl dancing,The segundo one was a key,The third one had a coração lock,The fourth one had a lock,The fifth one had Locket,I opened it up.I saw a fotografia of Me and Lizzie.
Lizzie:Taylor!Taylor,Calm down.
Taylor's P.O.V:
I looked around and saw Charm,Amber,Amy,and Lizzie.
Taylor:What?Wait what happened??
Amy:You were outside,Had scratches on your arm,so we drove you to the hospital.
I looked at my arm,A scratch ran down my arm,My eyes got huge.
Lizzie:It's okay!You're okay!
Then Amber turned on the TV.
Lady on news:Today Johnathan Jonesmen was arrested for murdering his wife.And today,his 3 daughters are in a orphanage.And his oldest daughter,Taylor is in the hospital.
I started to get dizzy.I almost dozed off when.
Lizzie:Taylor,Here *hand a bracelet*
The Bracelet had five rhinestones, and 5 charms.One had a little girl dancing,The segundo one was a key,The third one had a coração lock,The fourth one had a lock,The fifth one had Locket,I opened it up.I saw a fotografia of Me and Lizzie.
There once lived a 10 ano old girl named,Scarlett.
Her family lived in a Big,HUGE,Mansion.
S:Mom!!!PLEASE!!!!!!!
M:If I say Fine,will you stop?
S:YES!!!
M:Yes.
S:(Hugs mom)THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!WOO HO!!
Scarlett ran up to call her 3 friends,Nancy,Penny,and Chloe.
S:(Calls)SHE SAID YES!!!
Then her brother,Ethan,Came in,holding a bag of chips.
E:SHUT UP,SCARLETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S:SHHHHUUUUTT UUUUPPP!!!
Then he stomped out.
M:Scarlett!I just remembered!I have to work tomorrow!
S:So?We're responsible,Mom!Besides,(mumbles)Ethan...is....(gulp,pretends to barf)Responsible.
M:Um...I don't know
S:Don't make me say it...AGAIN!
M:Fine!!But you have to help me with the groceries!
S:(Makes face)Fine!Last deal!
M:Come on!
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TO BE CONTINUED!
Her family lived in a Big,HUGE,Mansion.
S:Mom!!!PLEASE!!!!!!!
M:If I say Fine,will you stop?
S:YES!!!
M:Yes.
S:(Hugs mom)THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!WOO HO!!
Scarlett ran up to call her 3 friends,Nancy,Penny,and Chloe.
S:(Calls)SHE SAID YES!!!
Then her brother,Ethan,Came in,holding a bag of chips.
E:SHUT UP,SCARLETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S:SHHHHUUUUTT UUUUPPP!!!
Then he stomped out.
M:Scarlett!I just remembered!I have to work tomorrow!
S:So?We're responsible,Mom!Besides,(mumbles)Ethan...is....(gulp,pretends to barf)Responsible.
M:Um...I don't know
S:Don't make me say it...AGAIN!
M:Fine!!But you have to help me with the groceries!
S:(Makes face)Fine!Last deal!
M:Come on!
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TO BE CONTINUED!
Teacher:Okay Suzi go to the map and find North America.
Suzi:Right here!
Teacher:Good job!Now Bobby,who discovered America?
Bobby:Suzi Did!
god I cracked up today!
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Speaking of today!My class gotta go to our 'BOOK BUDDIES' Class room and help make gingerbread houses!My book buddy's name was Addy,(mine is Abby!)Anyways!It was like...SPRINKLE CITY!!If you were an ant,You would drown in sprinkles!!!!!!!!!GOD
My friend ,Sam,Was seguinte to me...and she had like 50 spaz attacks!She was super hyped up!!!!Wow!They really shouldn't Put doces in front of her!And I just can't stand the sprinkles!!!!God!I almost devoured the icing!There was like M&Ms,Gummy Drops,
doces Canes,Nerds(one girl was like' Oh my god i amor these!),a lot mais too!Plus my friend Sam made a story called 'The Black Dragons' Kinda like The girl with the dragon tattoo!Listening to Taylor Swift's"Permanent marker"!Love it!
BYE GUTS AND GURLS!
Suzi:Right here!
Teacher:Good job!Now Bobby,who discovered America?
Bobby:Suzi Did!
god I cracked up today!
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Speaking of today!My class gotta go to our 'BOOK BUDDIES' Class room and help make gingerbread houses!My book buddy's name was Addy,(mine is Abby!)Anyways!It was like...SPRINKLE CITY!!If you were an ant,You would drown in sprinkles!!!!!!!!!GOD
My friend ,Sam,Was seguinte to me...and she had like 50 spaz attacks!She was super hyped up!!!!Wow!They really shouldn't Put doces in front of her!And I just can't stand the sprinkles!!!!God!I almost devoured the icing!There was like M&Ms,Gummy Drops,
doces Canes,Nerds(one girl was like' Oh my god i amor these!),a lot mais too!Plus my friend Sam made a story called 'The Black Dragons' Kinda like The girl with the dragon tattoo!Listening to Taylor Swift's"Permanent marker"!Love it!
BYE GUTS AND GURLS!