VAMPIRES: FROM DRACULA TO TWILIGHT - THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO VAMPIRE MYTHOLOGY
Book ID/图书代码： 07980010B34617
English Summary/英文概要： In the West the vampire myth is widely thought to have been based on the life of Vlad the Impaler, a 15th century Wallachian warrior-prince whose devotion to cruelty and killing made the lives of his subjects miserable, bloody and short. However, bloodsuckers of all shapes and sizes feature in many cultures.
The most famous of these is the chupacabra, or ’goat killer’, a creature that is rumoured to have attacked and mutilated as many as 2,000 animals in Puerto Rico and Latin America. The chupacabra is variously described as half alien, half tail-less dinosaur with quills running down its back, a panther with a long serpent’s tongue and a hopping animal that leaves an unbearable sulphurous stench in its wake. Whatever his form, one thing is for sure, the chupacabra shares little with his dark-cloaked, virgin-biting, garlic-hating, European cousin, apart from his lust for blood. VAMPIRES explores these diverse myths and legends, their impact upon popular culture and the possible explanations behind such phenomena.
In any event, vampires are just about the most popular subject matter these days, what with the Twilight series (books as well as films), Charmaine Harris’ True Blood series, The House of Night series by P C Cast. Well, obviously, the popularity has been with us for the last century, with all the silent black and white Dracula films, up to Buffy the Vampire Slayer series in the 1990s.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是一把《暮光之城》的鎖匙，帶你探索未知的奇幻領域--為你解開暮光之城背後的秘密！
吸血鬼故事蘊含著多樣化的神話和傳說、它們對於流行文化的影響，以及該現象後備可能存有的科學解釋。
VAMPIRES explores the diverse myths and legends, their impact upon popular culture and the possible explanations behind such phenomena.
從《卓九勒伯爵 》(DRACULA) 到《暮光之城》(TWILIGHT) ---吸血鬼神話與指南
西方吸血鬼的神話普遍被認為是採納十五世紀的瓦拉勇士王子—穿刺王伏勒德一生的故事作為根據，因他沉迷於殘酷的屠殺，使他的子民們悲慘得陪上了性命；然而，各種不同樣貌和身型的吸血鬼傳說卻深值於多國文化之中。
其中最有名的，就是吸血怪獸卓柏卡布拉[1]，或稱為山羊殺手;它正是傳說中，襲擊和切除在波多黎各和拉丁美洲多達2000動物手腳的一種吸血怪獸。卓柏卡布拉，被譽為是一半的外星人、一種背上掛著刺的無尾恐龍(詳見註一)、一隻具有蛇的長舌的黑豹，甚至是一隻帶著難以承受的硫磺臭味的跳躍動物…。
這是一把《暮光之城》的鎖匙，帶你探索未知的奇幻領域--為你解開暮光之城背後的秘密！
註一: 1995年，波多黎各一個女子宣稱自己看見一個古怪的吸血動物，這種動物身高在半米左右，皮膚和恐龍的皮膚 差不多，長著兩個雞蛋般大小的大眼睛，嘴上是兩隻突出的獠牙，從脖子到背上，是各樣顏色的尖刺。之後，在美國的佛羅里達州、墨西哥州、新墨西哥州和得克薩 斯州，都有人宣稱看見了這種怪物，人們將它稱為卓柏卡布拉（Chupacabra）。有些目擊者說它長得一半像蝙蝠、一半像袋鼠，也有人看見它喜歡襲擊小 型家禽和牲畜，例如雞和羊。最可怕的是它吃獵物的方法，和傳說中的吸血鬼類似：先在獵物上咬出一個小口，然後從這小口將其全身血吸幹。雖然不斷有人稱看見 了卓柏卡布拉，但是到現在為止，沒有發現有關這種怪物的切實證據。(SL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 夏洛特蒙塔古是一名專門研究一般歷史和真實犯罪的自由作家。在蘇塞克斯大學取得歷史碩士學位後，她就從事各種文類創作，包括少數民族文化、旅遊和音樂。 最近，她開始對歷史上的神話生物感興趣。
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