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The following tables compare traits given to vampires in folklore and fiction.
Appearance[]
Skin Colour | Fangs | Reflection | Shadow | Attractiveness | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Folklore | Ruddy or dark[1] | No[2] | No[3] | No[3] | Hideous |
Bram Stoker | Pale | Yes[4] | No[4] | No | Alluring |
Nosferatu | Pale | Yes | No | Yes | Hideous |
Anne Rice | Pale | Yes | No | Yes | Typically alluring |
Buffy | Ordinary Template:Refun | Retractable | No[5] | Yes | Hideous when in their "vampire form" |
Blade | Pale | Yes | ? | Yes | Ordinary |
True Blood | Pale | Retractable | Yes[6] | Yes | Ordinary |
^ Vampires had pale skin in the film.
Weaknesses[]
Weaknesses which are marked as 'yes' are generally not fatal. All fatal weaknesses have been marked as such.
Stake | Sunlight | Decapitation | Drowning | Fire | Silver | Garlic | Christian symbols | Running water | Invitation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Folklore | Fatal; ash[7], hawthorn[8], or oak[9] preferred | Nocturnal [4] | Fatal [10] | Fatal | Fatal | Yes | Yes [11] | Yes | Yes [12] | Yes [3] |
Bram Stoker | Fatal; white oak preferred[13] | Yes[13] | Fatal | Fatal | Fatal | ? [13] | Yes | Yes [13] | ? | ? |
Nosferatu | ? [13] | Fatal [14] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? [13] | ? | ? | ? |
Anne Rice | No | Fatal [15] [13] | No | No | Fatal | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Buffy | Fatal[16] | Fatal [16] | Fatal [16] | No [5] | Fatal | Yes | Yes | Yes [16][5] | ? | Yes [5] |
Blade | Fatal[6] | Any ultraviolet light is fatal[6] | ? | ? | ? | Yes[6] | ? | No[6] | No | ? |
True Blood | Fatal | Fatal; older vampires have lower tolerances | ? | No | ? | Yes | No[6] | No[6] | ? | Yes |
Supernatural Powers[]
- 'Glamour' refers to the ability to influence a mortal. (AKA the spell gift, mesmerize, or the Jedi mind trick.)
- It is common in fiction for vampires to gain additional, uncommon powers as they age. These have been noted as 'Gifted'.
Immortality | Supernatural strength | Supernatural senses | Supernatural speed | Supernatural healing | Flight | Shapeshifting | Glamour | Telepathy | Telekinesis | Pyrokinesis | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Folklore | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Bram Stoker | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Wolf, bat, dust, fog | ? | ? | ? | No |
Nosferatu | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Anne Rice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gifted | No | Gifted | Gifted | Gifted | Gifted |
Buffy | Yes [5] | Yes [16] [5] | Yes [5] | No | Yes [16] [5] | No Template:Refun | No | Gifted | No | No | No |
Blade | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
True Blood | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gifted | Gifted | Yes | No | No | No |
^ In the film, vampires could levitate.
Reproduction[]
Sterile | Reproduce via bite | Reproduce via transfusion | Inhabited by demons | |
---|---|---|---|---|
European Folklore | No | ? | ? | Yes [17] |
Bram Stoker | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Nosferatu | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Anne Rice | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Buffy | Yes | No [5] | Yes [5] | Yes [5] |
Blade | ? | Yes | ? | No |
True Blood | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Similarities in plot settings[]
Many depictions of vampires include depictions of other mythological creatures.
Dracula | Werewolves | Telepaths | Shape shifters | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bram Stoker | Title character | No | No | None other than Dracula |
Nosferatu | Title character | No | No | No |
Anne Rice | No | No | None other than some vampires | No |
Buffy | Yes [16] | Yes [16] | Yes [16] Template:Refun | ? |
Blade | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
True Blood | ? | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | Yes |
^ Telepaths in these works could not read the minds of vampires.
Notes[]
- ↑ Barber, Vampires, Burial and Death, pp. 41–42.
- ↑ Barber, Vampires, Burial and Death, p. 2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Spence, Lewis (1960). An Encyclopaedia of Occultism. New Hyde Parks: University Books. OCLC 3417655.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Silver & Ursini, The Vampire Film, p. 25.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "Vampires in the Buffyverse". Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Beam, Christopher (2008, November 20). "I Vant To Upend Your Expectations: Why movie vampires always break all the vampire rules". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ (in German) Alseikaite-Gimbutiene, Marija (1946). Die Bestattung in Litauen in der vorgeschichtlichen Zeit. Tübingen. OCLC 1059867. (thesis)
- ↑ Vukanović, T.P. (1959). "The Vampire". Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society 38: 111–18.
- ↑ (in German) Klapper, Joseph (1909). "Die schlesischen Geschichten von den schädingenden Toten". Mitteilungen der schlesischen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde 11: 58–93.
- ↑ Barber, Vampires, Burial and Death, p. 73.
- ↑ Barber, Vampires, Burial and Death, p. 63.
- ↑ Burkhardt, "Vampirglaube und Vampirsage", p. 221.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 Bankard, Bob. "Vampire Repellents". Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Skal, David J. (1996). V is for Vampire. Plume/Penguin. pp. 104. ISBN 0-452-27173-8.
- ↑ Nina Auerbach (1981) Our Vampires, Ourselves: 119–47.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 Truett, Larry. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Barber, Vampires, Burial and Death, pp. 50-51.
References[]
- Barber, Paul (1988). Vampires, Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality. New York: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04126-8.
See also[]
- Vampire literature
- Vampire films
- Vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)