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1Fallen_from_Grace
Feb 13, 2008, 1:22 pm

ok so after doing a little research i came across a website that explained that there is a big difference in vampire and vampyre. a vampire is a fictional book or hollywood character. a vampyre is an actual person that belives they need to get energy from others to survive. there are two kinds of vampyres the first is the sang vampyre. they are the ones that actually drink blood, human or animal. the second is the pyi vampyre. they feed off of a persons emotional and inner energy. they can also get it from natural surroundings, storms and stuff like that. it also says vampyres are born this way but many dont realize it till puberty. there is alot more and if you want to read up on it i think the site is www.religoustolerence.org

2thecynicalromantic
Feb 21, 2008, 7:23 pm

I wouldn't get too hung up on the spelling--from what I can tell, both spellings have been around forever, "vampire" has become the standard one in modern times, with "vampyre" being used as an alternative by various groups of people trying to be arcane or stylish or somehow different and ultra-gothickal. It's quite common for people to ascribe one meaning to one spelling and the other meaning to the other spelling, but that's more an attempt to invent some sort of sense than a reflection of any exclusively accepted use of the words.

There's a Wiccan synth-Goth band called "Inkubus Sukkubus" that uses the spelling "Vampyre" consistently, just because they always go for the funkiest spelling available (wytches, vampyres, sukkubi, magick, etc...). And I've read quite a bit about "vampire" subculture from people who spell it the standard way.

Religioustolerance.org is generally a *very* good resource for understanding all of the movements and concepts covered there, but they tend to be a little heavy on ascribing a distinct term for every concept covered, even when the actual terms are generally not as distinct (look at their article for the six forms of satanism... there are indeed six different concepts that get called "satanism," but most of them like to call themselves just straight up "satanism," not "ritual gothic satanism" or however the hell they explain it to keep them straight).

3Fallen_from_Grace
Feb 27, 2008, 2:03 pm

lol. I see wat you mean.

4Joles
mayo 11, 2008, 8:53 pm

I prefer vampyre. But that's mostly because I like the way it looks on paper.

(I'm one of those people that gets annoyed by spelling, punctuation, capitalization and grammar. But vampyre just looks more old school than vampire.)

5Armand_Inezian
Ago 11, 2012, 12:16 am

In Charlie Huston's "Joe Pitt Case Books" series, the vamps are referred to as "Vampyres" and they were created by a Vyrus.

6destiny13
Nov 7, 2012, 12:15 pm

i like vampire mostly it makes more sense

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