steve_bnk

This is somethng I did not know. Vmpires are traced back to rthe bible by some. Will Smith is making a movie about Cain the vampire.

http://voices.yahoo.com/are-vampires...n-2632078.html

'...Though Vlad the Impaler commonly takes the credit for being the father of the vampire myth, some believe that the idea of vampirism goes back much farther than that - that it does in fact, have biblical origins.
The story of Cain and his brother Abel, sons of Adam and Eve, can be found in Genesis, the very first book of the old testament in the bible. It is said that Cain murdered his brother in a jealous fit of rage, because Abel's unblemished lamb, a sacrifice to God, was accepted, and Cain's harvest offering was not.

The rest of the legend of Cain is not found in the conventional bible, but some believed it is derived from the apocryphal, or "lost" books of the bible, including the book of Lillith and the book of Enoch...'

http://www.religiondispatches.org/ar...gend_of_cain_/

'...On July 16 it was announced that Will Smith has agreed to play the titular character in The Legend of Cain. The story of Cain, the son of Adam and Eve who murdered his brother Abel, comes from the Hebrew Bible, though Cain also appears in the New Testament, the Qur’an (where he is called Qabil), and in numerous stories and legends throughout Western culture. Smith’s new project brings an added twist, however: Cain was a vampire...'

Toto

Same topic here

The modern romantic notion of vampires is a modern creation, with no basis in Eastern European folklore, let along earlier Biblical literature.