Folcklore

[Filioautembiaboli]

What do "modern" folklore legends stem from?
I am referring to the figures known as "creatures of the night".

Dracula, vampirism, lycanthropy, shape-shifters.


I consider all this a cult of the horror movie genre, but why these figures are present in the folklore and in the world mythology since the Middle Ages if not before?

I remember having read a long time ago a legend that said that Dracula was the son of the devil, while the werewolf was the dog of the Christian God who defended man.

Then there are other legends that speak of curses and others of satanic witches that with magic transformed either warriors into wolf men or vampires to be physically stronger.

I don't think that all this is real, I don't believe that werewolves or vampires exist (as in the movies) but I would like to understand why these figures are so widespread since long before the invention of cinema.

Is it possible that they are allegories? Or are they just fantasies of the enemy to intimidate those who do not know?

I am fond of folklore and mythological figures and I am a lover of the horror genre, I would like to understand if there is any truth in this or not.

Like the baba yaga figure or other fairy tales sometimes hide a meaning.

What do you guys think about this? I would be very happy to hear your opinions on this matter.

 

[Serbon]

What do "modern" folklore legends stem from?
I am referring to the figures known as "creatures of the night".

Dracula, vampirism, lycanthropy, shape-shifters.


I consider all this a cult of the horror movie genre, but why these figures are present in the folklore and in the world mythology since the Middle Ages if not before?

I remember having read a long time ago a legend that said that Dracula was the son of the devil, while the werewolf was the dog of the Christian God who defended man.

Then there are other legends that speak of curses and others of satanic witches that with magic transformed either warriors into wolf men or vampires to be physically stronger.

I don't think that all this is real, I don't believe that werewolves or vampires exist (as in the movies) but I would like to understand why these figures are so widespread since long before the invention of cinema.

Is it possible that they are allegories? Or are they just fantasies of the enemy to intimidate those who do not know?

I am fond of folklore and mythological figures and I am a lover of the horror genre, I would like to understand if there is any truth in this or not.

Like the baba yaga figure or other fairy tales sometimes hide a meaning.

What do you guys think about this? I would be very happy to hear your opinions on this matter.

Dracula was a king in Wallachia (modern day Romania) who was known for his cruelty for the captured turkish soldiers. So, they pretty much made him look like a monster.

Vampires were firstly present in Serbian and Romanian folklore, these aren't just allegories, but stories people really believed in and even got foreigners come to investigate (example: Sava Savanović)

 

[Filioautembiaboli]

What do "modern" folklore legends stem from?
I am referring to the figures known as "creatures of the night".

Dracula, vampirism, lycanthropy, shape-shifters.


I consider all this a cult of the horror movie genre, but why these figures are present in the folklore and in the world mythology since the Middle Ages if not before?

I remember having read a long time ago a legend that said that Dracula was the son of the devil, while the werewolf was the dog of the Christian God who defended man.

Then there are other legends that speak of curses and others of satanic witches that with magic transformed either warriors into wolf men or vampires to be physically stronger.

I don't think that all this is real, I don't believe that werewolves or vampires exist (as in the movies) but I would like to understand why these figures are so widespread since long before the invention of cinema.

Is it possible that they are allegories? Or are they just fantasies of the enemy to intimidate those who do not know?

I am fond of folklore and mythological figures and I am a lover of the horror genre, I would like to understand if there is any truth in this or not.

Like the baba yaga figure or other fairy tales sometimes hide a meaning.

What do you guys think about this? I would be very happy to hear your opinions on this matter.

Dracula was a king in Wallachia (modern day Romania) who was known for his cruelty for the captured turkish soldiers. So, they pretty much made him look like a monster.

Vampires were firstly present in Serbian and Romanian folklore, these aren't just allegories, but stories people really believed in and even got foreigners come to investigate (example: Sava Savanović)

Yes I know the story of Vlad the Impaler.
But as for the folkloristic figures were they pushed by the church of that time to unleash terror in people or were there other purposes?
Because most of the time it is blamed on the so called "black magic"....
So maybe it was a method to scare people and push more towards enemy religions.... Or is there more to these myths?

 

[Filioautembiaboli]

Most of the Greco-Roman myths are allegories of real life Gods and famous characters of the classical pagan civilizations.

An excellent example is Odin hanging on the tree: [To show that he deserved the secret of the runes, Odin proceeded to hang himself on a branch of Yggdrasil for nine days and nights. During that time, he forbade other gods from granting him aids (food and water) until he gets what he desires]. This was stolen and corrupted into Yeshua (jesus), and turned into the Xian savour. Another great example is Hercules in the "Odyssey" by Homer. The myth of Jason and the Argonauts is over 3,000 years old and tells of an epic voyage of discovery to find the fabled Golden Fleece.

Long assumed to be a work of fiction, recent archaeological discoveries in Aaia Minor are beginning to reveal a legend that may have been inspired by fact.

Astronomers decided to name the planets after Roman Gods, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Neprune, with one exception – Uranus. Uranus was named after the Greek god of the sky. According to myth, he was the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter.

The characters vampires, ghools, werewolves, zombies has already been covered, and is more or less, a product of modern day movie culture, with little basis in reality.

Thanks for all the explanation

 

[Serbon]

What do "modern" folklore legends stem from?
I am referring to the figures known as "creatures of the night".

Dracula, vampirism, lycanthropy, shape-shifters.


I consider all this a cult of the horror movie genre, but why these figures are present in the folklore and in the world mythology since the Middle Ages if not before?

I remember having read a long time ago a legend that said that Dracula was the son of the devil, while the werewolf was the dog of the Christian God who defended man.

Then there are other legends that speak of curses and others of satanic witches that with magic transformed either warriors into wolf men or vampires to be physically stronger.

I don't think that all this is real, I don't believe that werewolves or vampires exist (as in the movies) but I would like to understand why these figures are so widespread since long before the invention of cinema.

Is it possible that they are allegories? Or are they just fantasies of the enemy to intimidate those who do not know?

I am fond of folklore and mythological figures and I am a lover of the horror genre, I would like to understand if there is any truth in this or not.

Like the baba yaga figure or other fairy tales sometimes hide a meaning.

What do you guys think about this? I would be very happy to hear your opinions on this matter.

Dracula was a king in Wallachia (modern day Romania) who was known for his cruelty for the captured turkish soldiers. So, they pretty much made him look like a monster.

Vampires were firstly present in Serbian and Romanian folklore, these aren't just allegories, but stories people really believed in and even got foreigners come to investigate (example: Sava Savanović)

Yes I know the story of Vlad the Impaler.
But as for the folkloristic figures were they pushed by the church of that time to unleash terror in people or were there other purposes?
Because most of the time it is blamed on the so called "black magic"....
So maybe it was a method to scare people and push more towards enemy religions.... Or is there more to these myths?

I don't think those were pushed by the church. I believe it was just a profuct of the people's imagination

 

[Filioautembiaboli]

Dracula was a king in Wallachia (modern day Romania) who was known for his cruelty for the captured turkish soldiers. So, they pretty much made him look like a monster.

Vampires were firstly present in Serbian and Romanian folklore, these aren't just allegories, but stories people really believed in and even got foreigners come to investigate (example: Sava Savanović)

Yes I know the story of Vlad the Impaler.
But as for the folkloristic figures were they pushed by the church of that time to unleash terror in people or were there other purposes?
Because most of the time it is blamed on the so called "black magic"....
So maybe it was a method to scare people and push more towards enemy religions.... Or is there more to these myths?

I don't think those were pushed by the church. I believe it was just a profuct of the people's imagination

I thought about the church because then they became a cult of the Hollywood horror genre (if I'm not mistaken much of the cinema is part of Judaism, especially the horror genre, just think of the film "The Exorcist" that insults and denigrates pazuzu.

Or the film inspired by Bram Stocker's novel Dracula.

Seeing all this I believed it was the work of the enemy to make everything more macabre than it was and blame Satan for everything as they always do