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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyrmshadows" data-source="post: 3960326" data-attributes="member: 56166">Oh c'mon this isn't chemistry.Silver effects werewolves because it is the metal of the moon symbolically. Werewolves are a corruption that is tied to the cycles of the moon. Silver represents the moon's purity and therefore destroys the corruption the werewolf represents.Cold iron is useful against fey because it represents industrialization and the seperation of man from the natural world. Cold iron represents progress and divorce from nature therefore it is bane to creatures as tied to nature as the fey.In regards to vampires, the sun has in many cultures symbolized the life giving powers of nature as well as rebirth. It is the antithesis of what a vampire represents and therefore it is destructive to these creatures.These old legends had their own internal consistancy and symbol logic that unfortunately many modern folks cannot understand. Read some Joseph Campbell and it will help you to understand underpinnings of various myths and their symbols. Jung's Mankind and His Symbols is a worthy read as well.Too often they attempt to pseudo-science things up for modern consumption like making vampirism a retro-virus in the Blade movies when in fact they are just creating a new form of magic ie. science-magic, the use of science to create things that can only exist with involvement of magic. Yeah sure, a retrovirus that makes you into a superhuman killing machine that literally bursts into flame when exposed to the sun. Not sun sensitivity, literally turning to ash in seconds...that'll happen.   :\ Its just magic for people without imaginations.Wyrmshadows</blockquote>

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