Name: 【TED-Ed】吸血鬼:傳說、幻想與事實 (Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact - Michael Molina)
Uploaded: 2014-04-03T04:19:05.000Z
Duration: 6 min 57 s

to the dapper gentleman you see before you.

演化成你面前的這衣冠楚楚的紳士的。

Vampires are nearly as old as you humans.

吸血鬼的存在幾乎跟一般人類一樣久，

舉例來說，美索不達米亞文明 有種叫拉瑪西圖的怪物，

were simply described as bloodthirsty birds.

The Philippine manananggal would sever her upper torso

菲律賓民間故事中的曼杜哥 是種能把上下半身分離，

並長出巨大的蝙蝠翅膀的飛天怪物。

The Malaysian Penanggalan was a flying female head

馬來西亞的潘那賈拉是攜著自己的五臟六腑

是個身材短小，有顆大頭、紅皮膚、

Oh, and let's not forget the Caribbean's Sukuyan,

噢，當然不能漏掉棲息在加勒比海的蘇庫沿

all of these beings have one common characteristic:

它們是靠著消耗其他生物的生命泉源

This shared trait is what defines a vampire --

all other attributes change with the tides.

其他的特質會像潮汐一樣改變。

at the reanimated fellow you see before you?

With the dramatic increase of vampire superstitions,

stories of bloodsucking, shadowy creatures

provide the most common vampire traits known today,

都提供了現代人熟知的吸血鬼特徵，

You see, Eastern Europe in the 18th century

to discern the cause of the mysterious deaths,

棺材裡的死人看起來好像還沒死--

Heh heh, clearly, these people were not really dead.

嘿嘿，很顯然這些人還沒死透。

The terrified villagers would quickly enact

But what the villagers interpreted as unholy reanimation,

村民把這些現象當作邪惡的復活，

they're actually normal symptoms of death.

殊不知那只是死亡的正常現象。

causing the hair and fingernails to extend.

which force out blood and matter through the mouth.

並將血液跟其他物質從口中擠出。

Unfortunately, this science was not yet known,

派遣御醫到各地去釐清吸血鬼的謠言，

her physician around to disprove the vampire stories,

因為有太多的屍體被開棺驗屍。

Still, even after the vampire hunts had died down,

但就算人們不再試著找出吸血鬼，

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【TED-Ed】吸血鬼:傳說、幻想與事實 (Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact - Michael Molina)

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