1 / 15

Werewolves & Vampires How did we go from…

Werewolves & Vampires How did we go from…. EVIL, KILLER MONSTERS. LAME & GLITTERY?. Werewolves ( Lycanthropy). First surviving written reference in an 10th century French poem . LYCANTHROPY – G reek for ‘ wolf-man-to ’ Items that kill vampires are useless against werewolves!.

marva
Download Presentation

Werewolves & Vampires How did we go from…

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Werewolves & VampiresHow did we go from… EVIL, KILLER MONSTERS LAME & GLITTERY?

  2. Werewolves (Lycanthropy) First surviving written reference in an 10th century French poem. LYCANTHROPY – Greek for ‘wolf-man-to’ Items that kill vampires are useless against werewolves!

  3. The Origins • Lycanthropy is a psychosis in which the patient has delusions of being a wild animal (wolf). • Historically, Lycanthropy has been around since the early Christian Era (Book of Daniel), and the Roman empire, and then spreading out from Europe

  4. Continued… • Greek Mythology refers to King Lycaonof Arcadia when Zeus turned him into a raging wolf. -Greek Text: Lukos (wolf) Anthropos (man) • Spread in Europe during the Middle Ages because a baby was born with body hair and a strange birthmarkcoining the term “werewolf”.

  5. Research/Study • Modern Psychologists describe term as a Mental Illnessin which the man/woman believe they are a wolf or some animal. • Many cases have been found with patients “transforming” into a wolf or beast-like animal. • These individuals are dealing with some level of paranoia, extreme stress, primitive expression of aggressive and sexual urges in the from of bestiality, and acute anxiety.

  6. Other Causes? • The excessive hair growth on the historical cases of Werewolves can be explained by: • Porphyria cutanea tarda or Hypertrichosis • Hypertrichosis disorder can cause excessive hair growth • Porphyria CutaneaTardacan cause bizarre lesions on the body

  7. Behaviourof a “werewolf” • Could be normal human then change at night. • Myth says “ only on a full moons night” will they change. • Can weapons hurt them? Silver bullets some say. • REALITY- most people with Lycanthropy will suffer from some form of underlying schizophrenic condition with at least 5 other signs considered to have it.

  8. Deeper Analysis: • These 5 signs include - • Schizophrenia • Organic brain syndrome with psychosis • Psychotic Depressive Reaction • Antisocial or Avoidant Personality Disorder • Manic Depression

  9. Final Conclusion: • Rare phenomenon, but it EXISTS in some parts of the world. • Are the shows in MTV (Teen Wolf) or Twilight series true? • Not in a “physical transformation” change – • This is a mental disorder, or a genetic disease

  10. Vampire Origins in Folklore • Earliest recorded ‘vampire’ folklore is about blood • Sucking demons that were almost always female • The current Western idea of vampires comes mostly from gothic romantic literature: ‘The Vampyre (Polidori), Dracula (Bram Stoker), in the early-mid 1800’s

  11. Properties of Vampires • Pointy teeth • Drink Blood • Hate Sunlight • Hate Garlic • No Reflection • Sexy… Apparently…

  12. Porphyria and Vampires • Drink Blood • In theory, drinking blood might alleviate the symptoms of porphyria… • Except that porphyrins don’t cross the intestinal mucosa… Meaning there wouldn’t be any absorption of nutrients • Pointy Teeth • Well, not pointy, per-se… but possibly red! (Congenital Erythropoietic)

  13. Continued… • Hate Sunlight • Skin damage from sunlight can be a symptom! • (Porphyria cutaneatarda) • Uroporphorynogen= Light sensitive!!! • Hate Garlic • Perhaps! DiallylSulfone (from Garlic) increases porphyrinproduction! = More blisters and stomach ulcers

  14. Continued… • No Reflection • No apparent correlation to porphyria. Pale skin is a symptom(not always associated with Vampires) • Sexy • Not likely. One of the side effects of porphyria is MANIAwhich could manifest as hyper-sexuality… but that’s pushing it

  15. Conclusions… • Vampirism is NOT REAL… but could manifest itself as symptoms of porphyria “vampire disease” • However… many people WISH they were vampires and join underground “cults” and “clubs” dedicated to looking like mythical vamps, and even participating in blood drinking rituals. • CLICK HERE

More Related