Why are vampires Catholic?
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Anonymous
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Most movies or TV shows about Vampires seem to involve Priests, Crosses and Catholic Church.
Why is that? |
Anonymous
Vampires are evil and therefore repelled by symbols of the holy. In European stories, that means symbols like the cross and holy water. Also the Bram Stoker Dracula novel is full of Catholic imagery and that really cemented in pop culture -- but I don't think the Dracula character was Catholic (and Stoker was not Catholic so far as we know). I'm not super into vampire stories, but I don't recall any vampire characters who are themselves Catholic? |
Anonymous
| Weird. The only ones I know IRL are Orthodox. |
Anonymous
| Because Dracula was Catholic. |
Anonymous
| The Catholic tradition is the most goth aesthetic |
Anonymous
| I thought vampires are the opposite of Catholic. |
Anonymous
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I thought the Twilight novels were shaped by Mormon ideology.
I guess earlier vampires were more in contact with and conflict with Catholic symbols and ideas because Catholicism has the most showily gothic rituals and accessories, and the Catholic church played a major role in societies that produced the vampires? |
Anonymous
Maybe they also perform transubstantiation before feeding, which would be quite Catholic. And let’s be honest, they aren’t truly afraid of crosses. |
Anonymous
| The original Dracula (the historic prince, not the fictional character) was made a saint. He was a Christian ruler fighting invading Turks, who were not Christian. However, Bram Stoker probably didn't include religious symbolism because of this, although he was aware. It's actually ironic. |
Anonymous
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I love this thread.
OP, what have you been reading lately? |
Anonymous
| I thought Dracula was a jew. |
Anonymous
| Because ... fiction. |
Anonymous
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Here is some background information on this topic.
https://youtu.be/PRbubeF8w7M?si=2A2euS4H5H9vvTOq |
Anonymous
| Spike and Angel weren’t Catholic. |
Anonymous
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This is so funny!
Catholicism wasn’t always popular and literally demonized |