Good evening and welcome to Morbid Curiosity.



This is a thread for all those who aren't afraid of the dark and a bit of blood. We are the lovers of the night and the macabre, We are the curious mortals who step the line between the living and the dead. Welcome, children of the night! I, Kage, shall be your host for during this event, so pull up a chair and grab a cup, there's plenty of crimson to be shared.

I always love to share knowledge, and learn the delicious facts that elude me. If you share this sentiment, Please, allow me to entertain and treat you to an amazing library of the Macabre I have. I am always expanding and dispersing these things, so do not fear that you have nothing to add, there are always interesting things to be learned.

As your entertainer, I am offering a special treat. I am an artist, you see, and I wish to share the good fun of the days ahead, so I am offering 5 lucky people free art of the Hallow's eve kind. But I can't leave all the other Ghouls and Fiends out, So if you aren't one of the lucky ones, I am still offering art for a delectably low price of just 100 gold.

Index
The morgue gates
Lore of the Dark
Topics of the Night
Obituary Photos
Sent out six feet
Golden candles & Broken wicks

Lore of the Dark

Here I will post some folk tales and myths about the various creatures that go "bump" in the night.
The Vampire

Vampires have a very large presence in modern culture. Novels, movies, media, and tabloids continually use these blood-sucking creatures. We imagine the vampire as the Bella Lugosi, or perhaps the more romantic Lestat. He would be a pale, tall, thin, usually handsome ghoul with wickedly sharp teeth. He might even be able to turn into a bat. A female vampire will be portrayed as drop dead gorgeous. She will be a deadly vixen, first seducing you with her beauty, and then sinking her fangs into your neck. Male or female, these monsters have been very romanticized. This view of vampires is not very accurate in following ancient myth.

The original Slavic vampire was widespread throughout Eastern Europe. While being a model for the now known vampire, its ancestor is quite different. This Slavic vampire was not always a product of a vampire bite, rather an entity onto itself. People who died of an accidental or sudden death, or a suicide, could become vampires. Other situations could attribute to vampirism. A child born with a caul or teeth could turn after death. An infant who died before baptism could turn as well. If bitten by one of these vampires you could die and then become a vampire yourself. To kill a vampire they would use methods we are well aware of; burning, staking, decapitation, and holy water.

The Chinese vampire is one such culture with a different view on vampirism than the traditional Slavic vampire. This vampire, or Chiang-shih, as they call it, comes about from a violent death or suicide. A Chiang-shih would need to reanimate before burial, for it could not get out of the
coffin if buried. It did not have the power to materialize or dematerialize at will, unlike the Slavic vamp. The Chiang-shih would usually be unrecognizable as such, but occasionally it would take on a green glow and grow talons and sharp teeth. The Chinese vampire would usually rip of heads and limbs of male victims, or rape and then murder women. To ward off the vamp garlic could be used, along with iron filings, red peas, and rice. The only way to kill one was through lightening or a gun shot wound.

India is supplied with many different vampire like creatures. One of the more intriguing is the chedipe. The chedipe is a creature in the form of a naked woman riding on a tiger. She would enter a household and hypnotize those there to not notice her presence. She would then suck the blood out of a sleeping man's toe. He would feel drained of energy in the morning. A variation of the myth was that sometimes a tiger with human legs would attack men in the forest.

Malaysian folk lore describes a vampiric creature called the langsuyar. The langsuyar started as a human woman who gave birth to a still-born child. When told of this she flew into a nearby tree. She roamed around in a green robe, with long fingernails and long, ankle length hair. The hair hid an opening in her neck which she used to suck the blood from children. This original langsuyar eventually created many more. If a Malaysian woman was thought to become a lansuyar herself there were precautions they would take. They would put marble in her mouth, eggs under her arms, and needles in the palms of her hands. She would stay like this for 40 days after the birth of her child. If a langsuyar was captured they would cut her fingernails and hair and then stuff them into the opening in her neck. This would make her able to live in society and function normally.

The vjesci of Polish fork-lore brings about a rather interesting remedy to those thought to turn into a the vjesci. The vjesci was said to be destined from birth. A baby born with a caul would turn upon its death. To prevent this the caul was taken, dried out, and then crushed into a powder. When the doomed child turned seven they would feed the powder to them. This would prevent them from becoming a vjesci. If someone did manage to become a vjesci, it would happen after their death. They would die, and the reawaken to begin eating at their clothing and flesh. They would then go and suck the blood of their relatives. After this was done it would go and ring the church bell. Anyone who heard the bell would then become the next victim. It seems they thought this vampire to have OCD. To prevent it from rising they would place a net over the coffin. The vampire would be compelled to untie all the knots. Likewise, they could put a bog of poppy seeds or rice on the coffin and the vampire would need to count every grain.

Many Images of Vampires have filled our minds, but few of them are truth in the eyes of lore. What do you consider the truth or the lies?

Topic of the Night

Here is where I will post my questions and topics, as well as those that others request.

November 3rd

What draws you in to the scene of the Morbid, Dark and Gothic curiosities? - Kage

Obituary Photos

Here is where I will be giving and selling Art. As I said, five lucky cadavers shall receive a Morbid or Horror themed art piece for the succulent price of free. But, as I also previously said, I cannot ignore the rest of the mob, so I am offering my art for just one hundred gold.

There are only five free slots, and three paid at a time, but after the five are competed, I might up the number of paid slots, we shall see what the future holds.


-Assisted deaths-

XxEmber_MistsxX
Ogaku Tenshi
Drakina
Chikuma
Lune Selet

-Paid hits-
Librus
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Sent out Six Feet

Here is where I shall put interesting links to sites that have quenched mine, and hopefully your, Morbid questions.

If you have any to share, please do, I shall add it to this list.

Golden Candles

Here is the list of well admired lovers of the darker world. Post often and add to the library of knowledge to get buried here.


Broken Wicks

If you end up in a coffin here, you've sinned too much for this thread's liking. Be polite and literate with an open mind to keep out of this plot.

The Gates to the Cemetery are now open. Welcome to Morbid curiosity.

Are you still doing Art for 100???>

Yes, but I have free slots open. If you would like to call one of those, I'd would be more than happy to fulfill your request.

okay thanks.

What kind of picture do you have in mind? Any type of monster or theme you have in mind?

would you be willing to draw my gaia avi??? Or only Manewsha?

Well, I was hoping to do Halloween themed artworks, but if you so wish, I will warn you it will be horror type if It is your Avatar. I do prefer to do Menewshan avatars, they are larger and have more detail to work with. But I can take a look at you Gaian avatar and see if it is doable.

Greetings boils and ghouls...

Thanks, My avi's name on gaia is XxEmber_MistxX. I would post a pic, but Gaia frezzes my home computer. If not, could you draw my Avi a vampire with bright red hair and gray eyes, wearing a black corset dress, a bat chocker and knee high boots with black and red stockings. I would like her either to be holding a class of Blood , or have blood running from her eyes like she is crying.

Greetings, MarziPanda, How are you on this delightful night of the full moon?

Ember- I like the sound of The vampiress quite a bit, do you mind if I skip the fuss with Gaia and just draw her?

Not at all, I need a new siggy anywho. Lolz, thank you ^_^

I would like to have a pic drawn.

I love dark things.... my fmily does not understand why and tries to keep me from them, but still like them.

Could I apply for one of the free slots???

Ember- Would you like me to make it an appropriate size for a signature then?

Ogaku- I know your pains, my friend. We all suffer from ignorance, that it part of the reason I made this thread, to bring together like minds. anyways, you may certainly get a free slot, do you have a monster, character or theme in mind?

A dark Faerie that is trapped. How she is trapped is up to you.

Ogaku- I like that very much, I have a plan formulating already.

It seems that I have a small crowd growing, but they all come for art. Oh woe is the life of the giving artist. Forgive me, I kid, but I do wish to have an intelligent conversation with someone.

I realized I should mention why I chose a Dark Faerie. I don't mean one of those Neopets type dark faeries, but an evil Faerie, who is ambitious and wants nothing more than to cast the world in to complete darkness. I see myself as this Faerie and feel that I am trapped by the confines of "normal", which is the way I am forced to be by my parents.

I see... that's an interesting self-image. And have no worrires, I had no intention to make a "child friendly" Dark Fae. This thread is about the Horror, the gore, the things that terrify most.

Hey Kage look I found it without getting lost. Behold my wicked skills ;)

a morbid curiosity? well, I must obviously have one if this thread sparked my interested.

I know some people who have a morbid sense of humor. and enjoy laughing at the expense of others, or other depressing things, as well.