The basis for Bram Strokers Dracula came from Vladimir "the implarer, and where the majority of that lore comes from.
There are also some take aways from people who actually do drink blood.
I once watched a documentary, that I can't quite remember which once, or exactly what area they were talking about, but tge documentary was about exactly the question from the OP. This documentary stated that back before people really knew about medical science, we'll say maybe back in the 1500's, and these people had to move a grave site. They had to dig bodies up, and move them. As they were moving bodies, and looking in coffins, they saw how the body decomposes. Gasses emitting, bodies sitting up, or making God awful shrieks from the escaping gasses while the bodies are being moved; as well as the grotesque appearance. All of this freaked these people so bad, that they had nightmares/terrors from the site of these bodies. Our zombie lore traces bak to this.
All throughout history there have been all kinds of burial rituals, concerning the dead coming back to life, or the passage into the next real/life/heaven etc. They dig up bodies with chain's wrapped around necks, or cinder blocks piled up on top of bodies, to keep these people from returning from the dead.
There were many rituals like this for burying witches. So that they wouldn't "return."
Tales of monsters and things that go bump in the night are a part of every culture across history.
The native Americans had a lot of neat and spooky tales of demons evil spirits and crypto monsters.
Hollywood has cashed in on a lot of this, and is why things have evolved into what we know of today.
But, scary, spooky, ghosts goblins, monsters and all tha is supernatural is as old as time itself.
Have a Happy Halloween Rogue-Nation.
There are also some take aways from people who actually do drink blood.
I once watched a documentary, that I can't quite remember which once, or exactly what area they were talking about, but tge documentary was about exactly the question from the OP. This documentary stated that back before people really knew about medical science, we'll say maybe back in the 1500's, and these people had to move a grave site. They had to dig bodies up, and move them. As they were moving bodies, and looking in coffins, they saw how the body decomposes. Gasses emitting, bodies sitting up, or making God awful shrieks from the escaping gasses while the bodies are being moved; as well as the grotesque appearance. All of this freaked these people so bad, that they had nightmares/terrors from the site of these bodies. Our zombie lore traces bak to this.
All throughout history there have been all kinds of burial rituals, concerning the dead coming back to life, or the passage into the next real/life/heaven etc. They dig up bodies with chain's wrapped around necks, or cinder blocks piled up on top of bodies, to keep these people from returning from the dead.
There were many rituals like this for burying witches. So that they wouldn't "return."
Tales of monsters and things that go bump in the night are a part of every culture across history.
The native Americans had a lot of neat and spooky tales of demons evil spirits and crypto monsters.
Hollywood has cashed in on a lot of this, and is why things have evolved into what we know of today.
But, scary, spooky, ghosts goblins, monsters and all tha is supernatural is as old as time itself.
Have a Happy Halloween Rogue-Nation.
They live.
We sleep.
We sleep.