Here are some vampire tenets from Dracula. Vampires:
- Feed by sucking blood from humans
- Cannot be seen in mirrors
- Cannot cross over a shoreline except at the slack of low tide or the flood of high tide but can be carried by someone else at any tide stage
- Cannot enter someone's home unless invited by somebody (anybody) and once invited, can return without restriction
- Possess supernatural powers only at night
- Supernatural powers include mesmerism, strength of 20 men, command of wild animals, ability to change form into animals (often a wolf or a bat), may dematerialize into a mist or sparks of light, can pass through cracks, and can control the immediately surrounding weather
- Have the strength and capabilities of ordinary humans during the day (Hollywood seems to have invented their vulnerability to sunlight)
- Can be destroyed only by a stake through the heart, followed by decapitation and insertion of garlic into the mouth
- Exist eternally unless destroyed
- Are repelled by garlic, holy water, crosses, and communion wafers (Hollywood must have invented the idea that Christian objects only work for Christians who believe)
- If a victim dies under the influence of a vampire, then the victim, too, becomes a vampire
- Victims that don't die or who escape in time, will recover normally
Reference:
Bram Stoker. Dracula [Kindle Edition]. 1897.
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