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  • Essay / Compare and contrast the legend of the vampire and the vampire

    Both have several reasons why a person may become a vampire, such as an unnatural death, birth defects, or conception on certain days. Romanian legend gave rise to the belief that being bitten by a vampire would be doomed to becoming a vampire after death. Slavic and Romanian myths believe that with the advent of a vampire, the vampire's livestock and family members would die. The preferred way to kill a vampire in these two myths is to drive a stake through the heart, decapitate it, and if necessary, dismember it. Slavic and Romanian myths about vampires gave rise to the most popular worldview of vampires. Interest in vampires extends beyond that of adults. The children are both afraid of vampires but want to know more. They've heard of one of the most popular vampires of all time, Dracula, and they may have even dressed up as him for Halloween. They could even have said: “I came to suck your blood”. But do they really know what it all means? Do we really know what all this