| Vampire history just didn't begin with the stroke of Bram Stoker's pen, on the contrary. Many civilizations for a thousand years, have had their own versions of Vampires. These stories predate Vlad The Impaler, basis for Stoker's famous literary work. On the following pages, we bring forth some of the history and the myth of the vampire from other cultures. |
| LILITH Some believed that Lilith was the first wife of Adam, and a Vampire. She was known more as a night demon. Here is the explanation from the Jewish Encyclopedia Lilith is more fully described in post-Biblical literature, where she appears as a demon of the night, as suggested by her Hebrew name. Three classes of demons are mentioned: spirits, devils, and "lilin" . The first have neither body nor form; the second appear in complete human shape; the third in human shape, but with wings . Adam procreated all the spirits while he was under a spell. Similarly, Eve bore demons to male spirits for the space of 130 years. This corresponds to the view that the demons are half human . Lilith is a seductive woman with long hair she is the Queen of Zemargad Ahriman is her son . She goes about at night, fastening herself upon any one sleeping alone in a room . "The Lord will protect thee" means, according to Targ. Yer., ". . . from lilin." The meteor-stone is her arrow and is a remedy against disease ). Kohut's assumption that Agrat bat Maḥlat ("daughter of the dancer"), who roams at night with myriads of demons , is the queen of the lilin, is not verified. King Solomon, who commanded all spirits, had the lilin dance before him. |
| HISTORY/MYTH OF THE VAMPIRE |
