vampiros From Around the World
por Stephanie Moore
A vampire is a blood-sucking, undead thing of the night that comes after people in their nightmares. Many cultures have vampire myths. In the past, folklore was a means of explaining what people didn’t understand. Widespread vampire mythology reflects the uncertainty about death that we all face.
People in the past had little understanding of the decomposition process.If an exhumed body looked “plump”, how did they know it was the natural result of gases in the body? To them, blood leaking from a corpse’s mouth meant that the dear departed had been feeding.
It must have been a disturbing sight.
Africa
In Southern Ghana, the Ashanti people tell of the the sasabonsam o asanbosam, which drinks human blood and clings to the branches of trees with iron talons. Another African vampire myth is that of the adze, a creature that takes the form of a firefly and sucks human blood. After it sucks their blood, the victim falls ill and dies. This myth is probably based on malaria infested mosquitos. Myths about the adze belong to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.
The Americas
In Trinidad, the soucouyant is an old woman who lives on the edges of villages. At night, she pulls off her wrinkled skin and puts it in a mortar for safe-keeping. She flies through the night in the form of a fireball and sucks the blood of human victims. If tu need to get rid of a soucouyant, tu have to find the mortar with the old woman’s skin and sprinkle coarse salt on it. Then, she can’t put it back on.
In Chile, the Mapuche fear the peuchen. In Aztec mythology, your life force could be sucked out por the souls of those who lost their life in childbirth. In the United States, the most reciente documented vampire killing involved the corpse of young Mercy Brown.
In 1892, nineteen-year-old Mercy Brown died of tuberculosis. Soon after her death, her younger brother contracted the disease. Believing that the child’s illness was caused por the undead Mercy, her father, along with people from their small Rhode Island town, exhumed the girl’s body.Allegedly, the body had changed position and the corpse still had blood in its heart. They took her corazón and burned it, mixing the ashes with water for her little brother to drink. Sadly, the child died anyway.
Asia
When in China, beware of the jiang-shi, which is a corpse whose soul hasn’t left its body. Jiang-shi suck out your life force (also known as chi). They are dicho to have greenish, furry skin, a detail that probably comes from the sight of mold growing on a corpse.
The Phillipines has two malignant vampires. One is the blood-sucker (mandurugo in Tagalog), which looks like a beautiful woman but has wings and a long thin tongue that she uses to slurp people’s blood while they sleep. The other vampire variety is called a manananggal and can división, split herself in half at the torso. She flies around in the night sucking fetuses out of pregnant women.
Europe
Vampire hysteria has swept europa at various times in history. Eastern europa is the inicial of Dracula- the place where the modern Western concept of the vampire originated. In Greece, they fear the vrykolakas. In fact, the vrykolakas was so feared that people sometimes took preventive measures.
Three years after death, they would exhume the bodies of their loved ones. The remains would be placed in a box and a priest would read from the scripture. If, however, the dead looked “undead”, it would be dealt with. Vrykolakas were often dispatched with an iron stake to the heart.
The Romani people tell of the mullo (”one who is dead”). They believed that female vampiros could look like normal women but would wear their husbands out with their sexual appetites. The children of male vampiros were called dhampirs.
Fear of vampiros originates with the fear of death. Our ancestors had a lot of contact with the dead and some of the things that we now understand were completely unknown to them. This is why vampire myths are so widespread. It is a scary thing to be reminded of your own mortality.
por Stephanie Moore
A vampire is a blood-sucking, undead thing of the night that comes after people in their nightmares. Many cultures have vampire myths. In the past, folklore was a means of explaining what people didn’t understand. Widespread vampire mythology reflects the uncertainty about death that we all face.
People in the past had little understanding of the decomposition process.If an exhumed body looked “plump”, how did they know it was the natural result of gases in the body? To them, blood leaking from a corpse’s mouth meant that the dear departed had been feeding.
It must have been a disturbing sight.
Africa
In Southern Ghana, the Ashanti people tell of the the sasabonsam o asanbosam, which drinks human blood and clings to the branches of trees with iron talons. Another African vampire myth is that of the adze, a creature that takes the form of a firefly and sucks human blood. After it sucks their blood, the victim falls ill and dies. This myth is probably based on malaria infested mosquitos. Myths about the adze belong to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.
The Americas
In Trinidad, the soucouyant is an old woman who lives on the edges of villages. At night, she pulls off her wrinkled skin and puts it in a mortar for safe-keeping. She flies through the night in the form of a fireball and sucks the blood of human victims. If tu need to get rid of a soucouyant, tu have to find the mortar with the old woman’s skin and sprinkle coarse salt on it. Then, she can’t put it back on.
In Chile, the Mapuche fear the peuchen. In Aztec mythology, your life force could be sucked out por the souls of those who lost their life in childbirth. In the United States, the most reciente documented vampire killing involved the corpse of young Mercy Brown.
In 1892, nineteen-year-old Mercy Brown died of tuberculosis. Soon after her death, her younger brother contracted the disease. Believing that the child’s illness was caused por the undead Mercy, her father, along with people from their small Rhode Island town, exhumed the girl’s body.Allegedly, the body had changed position and the corpse still had blood in its heart. They took her corazón and burned it, mixing the ashes with water for her little brother to drink. Sadly, the child died anyway.
Asia
When in China, beware of the jiang-shi, which is a corpse whose soul hasn’t left its body. Jiang-shi suck out your life force (also known as chi). They are dicho to have greenish, furry skin, a detail that probably comes from the sight of mold growing on a corpse.
The Phillipines has two malignant vampires. One is the blood-sucker (mandurugo in Tagalog), which looks like a beautiful woman but has wings and a long thin tongue that she uses to slurp people’s blood while they sleep. The other vampire variety is called a manananggal and can división, split herself in half at the torso. She flies around in the night sucking fetuses out of pregnant women.
Europe
Vampire hysteria has swept europa at various times in history. Eastern europa is the inicial of Dracula- the place where the modern Western concept of the vampire originated. In Greece, they fear the vrykolakas. In fact, the vrykolakas was so feared that people sometimes took preventive measures.
Three years after death, they would exhume the bodies of their loved ones. The remains would be placed in a box and a priest would read from the scripture. If, however, the dead looked “undead”, it would be dealt with. Vrykolakas were often dispatched with an iron stake to the heart.
The Romani people tell of the mullo (”one who is dead”). They believed that female vampiros could look like normal women but would wear their husbands out with their sexual appetites. The children of male vampiros were called dhampirs.
Fear of vampiros originates with the fear of death. Our ancestors had a lot of contact with the dead and some of the things that we now understand were completely unknown to them. This is why vampire myths are so widespread. It is a scary thing to be reminded of your own mortality.
She's been married for a couple months now, but still can’t get used to calling him her husband.
“I forget to call him ‘my husband’ sometimes and still say ‘my boyfriend’. But I’ll get there,” she said.
This can happen to anyone we suppose, it takes a while to get used to the idea of being a wife.
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Yesterday, Demi Lovato talked about the nominees for the American música Awards coming up on the 21st of November.
It will be really exciting, because in the category for Best Female Popstar we have Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry!
In the category for Best Male Artist we have to choose between Justin Bieber, his friend usher and Eminem. Who will win?
And as far as Artist of the Year, it is between Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, ke$ha and Eminem. An interesting mix and tough competition.
tu can vote for your favoritos on the event webpage here: American música Awards.
It will be really exciting, because in the category for Best Female Popstar we have Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry!
In the category for Best Male Artist we have to choose between Justin Bieber, his friend usher and Eminem. Who will win?
And as far as Artist of the Year, it is between Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, ke$ha and Eminem. An interesting mix and tough competition.
tu can vote for your favoritos on the event webpage here: American música Awards.
5 más incredibly misceláneo stuff...I'd like to note that not everything listed is exactly possible, but each is genuinely unique and misceláneo in it's own way....
5) wear a nametag that reads "hello. My name is jesús Christ" (or famous person) when some one says "you're not Jesus" turn around and say "Jesus? Where?"
4) befriend a zombie (don't try unless you're okay with being bitten)
3) give out autographs to complete strangers and pretend you're famous
2) divide por zero (it's a little harder than it looks)
1) walk up behind someone and whisper in their ear "I like mudkips...."
Lots of laughs...I recommend 3, 2 and 1
5) wear a nametag that reads "hello. My name is jesús Christ" (or famous person) when some one says "you're not Jesus" turn around and say "Jesus? Where?"
4) befriend a zombie (don't try unless you're okay with being bitten)
3) give out autographs to complete strangers and pretend you're famous
2) divide por zero (it's a little harder than it looks)
1) walk up behind someone and whisper in their ear "I like mudkips...."
Lots of laughs...I recommend 3, 2 and 1
Ever met that one person who really really aggervates tu , like constantly talking o doing everything tu do , well im gonna help tu deal with them without punching them in the face (kris style <3)
1) always carry a stress ball , those things do work , and if not , tu can always throw it at him/her
2) Carry a almohada in tu purse/bag , so if tu need to scream , scream in the almohada , this pervents people from thinking your crazy
3) Earphones , tu COULD use them to block that person out , but studies mostrar that if that person happens to golondrina one of the earphones , they wont talk anymore ,
4)Just a hint ; throwing chairs never helps ,
5)Try to be their friend , mabey that'll work
6) if its your sibbling ,
Girl:flush her fav barbie doll
Boy:Flush his favorate comic book
mixed gender: Flush their face (:
Again; Kris style <3
any ideas on any other topis to make kris style , please tell me (: <3
KrisLovesYou !
1) always carry a stress ball , those things do work , and if not , tu can always throw it at him/her
2) Carry a almohada in tu purse/bag , so if tu need to scream , scream in the almohada , this pervents people from thinking your crazy
3) Earphones , tu COULD use them to block that person out , but studies mostrar that if that person happens to golondrina one of the earphones , they wont talk anymore ,
4)Just a hint ; throwing chairs never helps ,
5)Try to be their friend , mabey that'll work
6) if its your sibbling ,
Girl:flush her fav barbie doll
Boy:Flush his favorate comic book
mixed gender: Flush their face (:
Again; Kris style <3
any ideas on any other topis to make kris style , please tell me (: <3
KrisLovesYou !
I am sorry. I hate it when i have to do this, because i know that it's really silly! But the only reason why i wouldn't fan anyone back, would be if they had joined the twilight saga club. I can see it on their perfil and i immediately go all prejudice against them.
I shouldn't, i know, but it's against my morals to fan someone who loves the Twilight saga. If you're only a fan of Twilight, sometimes i forgive you... if you've done something to earn my respect.
Which would lead me onto my siguiente reason...
If tu have done nothing to earn my friendship, and not joined any of my favourite/major clubs, then i don't feel obliged to fan you.
However, if i can see that you're a fan of 'Random' o 'Harry Potter' o 'HP v T' etc, then the probability is that i will fan tu back.
On the other hand, if tu are looking at this thinking that tu haven't done any of these things, then feel free to fan me... i'll gladly return the favour! :)
xxx
I shouldn't, i know, but it's against my morals to fan someone who loves the Twilight saga. If you're only a fan of Twilight, sometimes i forgive you... if you've done something to earn my respect.
Which would lead me onto my siguiente reason...
If tu have done nothing to earn my friendship, and not joined any of my favourite/major clubs, then i don't feel obliged to fan you.
However, if i can see that you're a fan of 'Random' o 'Harry Potter' o 'HP v T' etc, then the probability is that i will fan tu back.
On the other hand, if tu are looking at this thinking that tu haven't done any of these things, then feel free to fan me... i'll gladly return the favour! :)
xxx