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We've been burned alive, stereotyped, and excommunicated, and that's why this blog is dedicated to the most underrated recessive gene of the century. In this blog, I will be featuring a tickling mixture of historical fact, fiction, and contemporary ideas and ideals concerning my fellow fair-skinned and florid friends. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Vampires


"Lillith" John Collier


The first recorded use of the Old Russian form Упирь (Upir') is commonly believed to be in a document dated 6555 (1047 AD). It is a colophon in a manuscript of the Book of Psalms written by a priest who transcribed the book from Glagolitic into Cyrillic for the Novgorodian Prince Vladimir Yaroslavovich.Upir' Likhyi " (Упирь Лихый), which means something like "Wicked Vampire." This apparently strange name has been cited as an example both of surviving paganism and of the use of nicknames as personal names. 

I was noticing in my research that many vampires in history have not only been depicted as women, but as women with reddish hair. 
I created an image from a stock photo of a female vampire with red hair. It carries some of the modern and historical traits of a vampire.



Stock from Katanaz Stock

 

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