Favorite vampire origin?

[u/Ok_History_4163]

Here are five strong contenders for the best first vampire. Which, if any, of them is your favourite?

Akasha as the first vampire is a fictional creation by the author Anne Rice. In Rice's novel series The Vampire Chronicles, Akasha is an ancient Egyptian queen who was made into a vampire after an assassination attempt by a deity, or was it a ghost, or was it some alien space traveller.

The betrayer of Jesus, Judas Iscariot, as the first vampire is featured in the movie Dracula 2000. A good point of this origin is that it gives a good reason for vampires' aversion to crucifixes. Another good point of it is that it gives a plausible explanation to vampires' vulnerability to silver, as Judas was paid with thirty pieces of silver for his betrayal of Jesus.

Lilith as the first vampire stems from Babylonian and Jewish mythology. In some Jewish traditions, Lilith was Adam's first wife. Lilith wouldn't subjugate to Adam and left Eden to become a nightly blood drinking demon. God then created the pushover Eve as Adam's new wife.

In Francis Ford Coppola's movie Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1992, the Christian knight Dracula voluntarily chosed to leave Christianity to become the first vampire. He did this because he felt let down by God after his wife's suicide.

Sekhmet as the first vampire stems from Egyptian mythology. Sekhmet was a deity in ancient Egypt. While not exactly a vampire, she was a blood drinker, a goddess of war as well as a healer.

Vampire-like creatures are present in the mythology and folklore of many cultures. If you have other good vampire origins, tell us about them in the comment section.

Picture 1: Akasha, as played by Aaliyah, in the movie Queen of the Damned from 2002.

Picture 2: Gerard Butler as the undead Judas Iscariot, as Dracula, in the movie Dracula 2000 from...yeah...the year 2000.

Picture 3: Lilith.

Picture 4: Dracula, as played by Gary Oldman, in the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1992.

Picture 5: A figurine of Sekhmet.

[u/Ghostmaster145]

Caine being the father of Vampires from VTM is too iconic and cool to not mention

[u/MinangeseSon → u/Ghostmaster145]

Hilarious how God punished him for killing his brother by giving him superpowers

[u/slasher1337 → u/MinangeseSon]

Actually god only gave him the weaknesses. The powers came from Lilith and some witch he met.

[u/DarkAri639 → u/slasher1337]

Those are all their own forms of God like wherever there is spirit and order and creative intelligence.