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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ultramyth" data-source="post: 1960342" data-attributes="member: 16417">Thanks. Actually, the 'we' is more or less a bit of a farce. I'm judge, jury and executioner on it all, and my wife edits it all. I write, and do all the artwork also.But vampire seem to be an interesting topic that no one can get enough of. Some people don't readily admit to the intererst, but I think deep down, that whole immortality thing is appealing, not to mention the super powers and all that. It was interesting doing research for the book, and seeing just how embeded in history and mythlogy the vampire is. Many people date the vampire back to Lilith, but in truth, a far older legend exists. It goes all the way back to ancient egypt.I'm not talking about Anne Rice here either mind you, this is factual mythology/pseudo history. The legend of Isis and Osiris has so many vampiric overtones. Osiris was murdered by the treachery of his brother Seth, but his sister/wife Isis was the most powerful magic user of the egyptian pantheon, and managed to find his corpse and return it to Egypt, but Seth found out, and severed the body into fourteen pieces and scattered them about Egypt. Isis and her syster scoured the land looking for the pieces, and eventally found all but one. With magic Isis revived Osiris' corpse and concieved Horus the Younger, Osiris was mumified (more from necessity than anything), and became lord of the underworld. He was vulnerable to sunlight, and the priests sacrificed the blood of redheaded boys to the god (Seth had red hair coincidently), to quench his thirst.The vampire has also developed independently around the world, and is the only 'monster' aside from ghosts and apparitions to do so...</blockquote>

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