KimLuster wrote:And then there are Asian vampires which are often completely invisible, but occasionally cast a shadow so you hold a lantern to see one by the shadow it casts on the ground. Some cultures believed that a mirror was you alternate or evil look-alike so therefore you could find a vampire using mirrors. They were only souls so cast shadows and reflections but could will their body to be invsible.
plymayer wrote:
There's something more to it than that. Not sure what. In the novel Dracula could walk about at noon. Something about not casting shaddows.
There is a reason for the none image thing. Don't remember what it is.
Of course, authors after Stoker are free to do what ever makes the story better…bravo1102 wrote:It has to do with belief about souls I think… Shadows and Refections could show the soul, I think (a belief held by some groups today - they won't let you take their picture) - and since Vampires are 'soulless monsters'… ;)
Not shoiwng up on film or mirrors makes is awfully hard to be self-absorbed and narcissistic. Maybe if a vampire is totally narcissistic they can will themselves to appear in mirrors and selfies so they can admire themselves.
All kinds of cultural variations out there let alone fictional ones.
