Vampire lifestyle is a term for a contemporary subculture of people, largely within the Goth subculture, who consume the blood of others as a pastime; drawing from the rich recent history of popular culture related to cult symbolism, horror films, the fiction of Anne Rice, and the styles of Victorian England. Active vampirism within the vampire subculture includes both blood-related vampirism, commonly referred to as sanguine vampirism, and psychic vampirism, or supposed feeding from pranic energy.
The Sexual Vampire of Folklore
While there is little evidence that Stoker was intimately aware of eastern European vampire lore, he could have found considerable evidence of the vampire's sexual nature-particularly in the folklore of the Gypsies and their neighbors, the southern Slavs . For example, corpses dug up as suspected vampires occasionally were reported to have an erection. Gypsies thought of the vampire as a sexual entity. The male vampire was believed to have such an intense sexual drive that his sexual need alone was sufficient to bring him back from the grave. His first act usually was a return to his widow, whom he engaged in sexual intercourse. Nightly visits could ensue and continue over a period of time, with the wife becoming exhausted and emaciated. In more than a few cases, the widow was known to become pregnant and bear a child by her vampire husband. The resulting child, called a dhampir, was a highly valued personage deemed to have unusual powers to diagnose vampirism and to destroy vampires attacking the community.
In some cases the vampire would return to a woman with whom he had been in love, but with whom he had never consummated that love. The woman would then be invited to return with him to the grave where they could share their love through eternity. The idea of the dead returning to claim a living lover was a popular topic in European folklore. By far the most famous literary piece illustrating the theme was Gottfried August Bürger's ballad "Lenore," known in English by Sir Walter Scott's translation.
The folklore of Russia also described the vampire as a sexual being. Among the ways in which it made itself known was to appear in a village as a handsome young stranger. Circulating among the young people in the evening, the vampire lured unsuspecting women to their doom. Russian admonitions for young people to listen to their elders and stay close to home are reminiscent of the ancient Greek story of Apollonius, who saved one of his students from the allure of the lamiai, whom he was about to marry.
The langsuyar of Malaysia was also a sexual being. A female vampire, she was often pictured as a desirable young woman who could marry and bear children. Langsuyars were believed to be able to live somewhat normally in a village for many years, revealed only by their inadvertent involvement in an activity that disclosed their identity.
VAMPIRE ADULT DATING COVEN
Enter the first and largest vampires adult dating & gothic adult personals site for Vampire singles on planet earth!
We cater to vampires looking for sex partners with No Strings Attached, casual fun and vampire friends with benefits. Join the thousands of vamps who have already made it to this dark coven online, and never be alone and sexless in the dark again.
Meet Naughty Sexy Vampires & Goth friends in Your Area, for adult dating and Nightly Vampiric Intimate Encounters. Find your vampiric embrace, dark casual fun and a bloody sexy good time gothic friendship. We have singles, couples, swingers, gay, & lesbian vampires at Vampiresexcoven.com the ultimate vampire dating social networking community.
No comments:
Post a Comment