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Seems you're right about the silver.
I've been doing some more research on vampires and the use of silver against them, and I found out that in some Slavonic countries it is thought that you can kill a vampire by shooting him with a silver bullet that has been blessed by a priest.
(Even though the favoured methods of getting rid of these pesky blood-suckers seem to be the traditional wooden stake through the heart, decapitation, soaking the body with holy water or garlic, or burning the heart or the whole body.)
I even found a theory about why silver would be able to harm vampires.
That theory has its origin in the biblical story of Judas Iscariot. Who was, or turned into, a vampire, according to that theory. (The reasons given for that transformation are many, for example, that it's because Judas committed suicide - people who kill themselves will become vampires, because committing suicide is a sin and will damn your soul.)
So, Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 silver pieces, and when he later felt bad about what he had done and tried to return the silver to the chief priests they refused to take it back, and Judas cast away the silver pieces.
And that's why vampires are repelled by silver - because it represents the "price of blood" so hateful to Judas.
I've been doing some more research on vampires and the use of silver against them, and I found out that in some Slavonic countries it is thought that you can kill a vampire by shooting him with a silver bullet that has been blessed by a priest.
(Even though the favoured methods of getting rid of these pesky blood-suckers seem to be the traditional wooden stake through the heart, decapitation, soaking the body with holy water or garlic, or burning the heart or the whole body.)
I even found a theory about why silver would be able to harm vampires.
That theory has its origin in the biblical story of Judas Iscariot. Who was, or turned into, a vampire, according to that theory. (The reasons given for that transformation are many, for example, that it's because Judas committed suicide - people who kill themselves will become vampires, because committing suicide is a sin and will damn your soul.)
So, Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 silver pieces, and when he later felt bad about what he had done and tried to return the silver to the chief priests they refused to take it back, and Judas cast away the silver pieces.
And that's why vampires are repelled by silver - because it represents the "price of blood" so hateful to Judas.