h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

While I enjoyed your world vampire myths section, I was not entirely satisfied by this guide for three main reasons.

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Perhaps I just overlooked it, but I was disappointed to see that there were no references to the possible 'origins' of vampires. I did not see one mention of Lillith, Atlantis,etc. There are many myths that surround the beginnings of the these dark creatures, why do you not explain them?

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Secondly, you say that throughout history that vampires have been predominantly male. However, the majority of early vampire literature was about females. Carmilla is the first to come to mind. It was old women, not men, that plagued dreams and life. This even hearkens back to the Lillith theory, placing a female as the first vampire.

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Finally, why wasn't any of the major vampire literature mentioned? You managed to get Stoker and Rice, congratulations and props for mentioning their impact on the literary figure. However, neither would have occured without some of the earlier and transitional writer/poets. At the very least John Polidori's The Vampyre should have been mentioned as it was the first vampire novel that used a human-like male vampire. Beforehand had been monsters and poetry, then he wrote his short story and slowly changed that.

~Lily~

PS: What about mentioning Vlad Tepes? Considering he was the fact that Stoker so horribly marred in his novel, I'd think he'd deserve some mention.

Site List:

Classic Tales OnLine: http://altvampyres.com/tales.html
The Role of Female Vampires: http://altvampyres.com/females.html
FAQ: http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/FAQ/paranormal/vampyres/vampire-faq

The sites above are all related, but they are also the most comprehensive that I've found on the internet.

~Lily~