This week’s Supernatural Saturday is about vampires. Again. But I swear it’s a completely different question.

Question: Why can’t vampires see their reflection in a mirror? (By the way, I LOVE this question–Thanks, Alexia!)

Answer 1: Because they don’t have souls. (Which was my original guess)

Answer 2: Vampires don’t reflect light (which can also explain their aversion to sunlight), so when they stand in front of a mirror, they can’t be seen.

Answer 3: They can work illusions so their reflections don’t show, making it a choice, not necessarily an impossibility.

Personally, I favor the first answer as it was my original guess. A soul is something you’re born with, I think, and it changes as your personality changes; it shows who you are, what you’ve grown to be. I think that’s why a vampire can’t be seen in a mirror. Demons have no souls, so when a person is changed into a vampire, there is nothing to reflect because their soul has moved on. Of course, this would play into the mythology that mirrors are, or can be, a doorway to the soul. (Maybe an idea for another post?)

What do you think? Which answer would suit your or beliefs of vampires? Do you have any questions? Let me know!

Question: Why do zombies eat brains?

Answer 1: One place says it’s to make other zombies. Um…No. I’m not going there, nope.

Answer 2: Another site says it’s to keep them energized, basically.

Actually, most of the answers were #1. I don’t have anything witty to add cause, you know, eating brains is just wrong, readers, wrong! Err, I mean, it’s kind of gross. But, I will add this little non-brain-eating-related tidbit: It’s said their saliva infects their victims. Scientifically, in a way, I could see this being completely plausible (wow, I just had a Myth Busters moment there). Eating something that is spoiled or rotten, or, you know, been buried for months and decayed, it’s probably gonna make ya sick. Just sayin’.

Oh, yeah. Another non-brain-eating-related tidbit. Everything I’ve researched so far, the people who’ve given their explanations/reasonings, have sounded as if these things are completely real and everyday things. Now, I’m not going to deny it, because hey, anything’s possible and I try to be open minded. (Plus, I’ve already told y’all I believe in aliens.) However, the zombie research is the first time I’ve come across any animosity towards the question-asker. It’s the first subject that has clearly had any kind of “Zombies are not real!” type message in it. I just thought that was funny.

So, my readers; Any subjects you’d like researched? Any questions you’ve wondered about? Let me know!

Question: Why does silver hurt werewolves?

Answer 1: Something to do with the moon. It’s said silver is the “moon metal” (no idea what this means–I haven’t found a clear description). My best guess is, because the moon affects werewolves and silver is related to the moon that it has some kind of adverse reaction.

Answer 2: Silver is faster (by .02 seconds, woohoo!) and, in its purest form, is supposed to conduct heat. I take this to mean that heat is bad for our furry friends.

Answer 3: A bible passage, Psalms 12:6, says: “The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.” Which, in my opinion, means that something pure (silver, apparently) can kill the werey.

Miscellaneous answers: Other resources say silver has magical abilities. Or that it was some kind of antidote for certain diseases/illnesses.

Non-silver related answer: Before the 19th century, silver wasn’t even acknowledged as a source to kill werewolves. Many countries, however, believe that rye and mistletoe are harmful, as well as Mountain Ash and wolfsbane.

My answer: I think it was better when I didn’t think about the reason so much. Just sayin’.

Does anyone have any supernatural/paranormal questions like this one? Let me know! I might do some research on it and post about it!

The question she asked me was: “Why do vampires turn to dust?”

My first thought was: Oh, that’s easy. Because…. *blank stare* — Yeah, I had no answer for her. I couldn’t think of a logical reason, so I went to my Google God and found one that pleased us both.

Answer: According to most vampire lore, vampirism (awesome word, by the way) is an infection of sorts. So, when a vampire is staked, it kills the infection and reverts the body back to its normal state of being (a dead corpse). Since most vampires are so old, the corpse would be rotted and simply turn to dust.

This of course made her ask a new question: “But what about newly formed vampires?”

*blank stare*

New answer: When the vampire is turned, the infection spread throughout the body, taking it over, preventing it from decaying, etc., so when the vamp is killed, the body has nothing to go back to and just turns to dust.

That’s my answer and I’m sticking to it!