How does one become a vampyre?
Again, there are many different possible routes of becoming a vampire in the mythology. Some of the more prevalent routes are: – Suicide – Excommunication, dying unbaptized/apostate, or anything else that puts one “outside of the church” – Being a wizard/witch – Having been a werewolf – Having your parents curse you, as in “May the earth reject you!” – Being born with teeth or with a caul (sometimes specifically a red caul). In this case, it may be possible to prevent the change by burning the caul and feeding the ashes to the baby. – Dying and having a cat or other animal jump over the corpse before it gets properly buried. – Possessing red hair. This is from Greek Mythology and probably has some roots in the belief that Judas Iscariot was a redhead. – Being a victim of unavenged murder. – Being a seventh son. This, like many of these other things, was related to the Catholic Church. Anything that was not of it or that posed a threat to it would get you damned, and what was more damni
