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             In Ancient Assyria and Babylon the vampire seems to have its roots. The proof comes in 4000 year old pictographs and drawings discovered by archeologists. The vampire in this area was the Ekimmu. This vampire was also cannibalistic and an occupier of the soul. The Ekimmu was a corpse that could not rest. The reasons for this were great in number and in variation, for life is surrounded by taboo things and to break even to simplest taboo immediately made the miscreant liable to be an Ekimmu. Taboos included such things as death as a result of murder, battle, prison, starvation, certain illnesses, pregnancy, drowning, and attack by wild animals. Therefore the Ekimmu population was almost as big as the Assyrian population itself. In his book Devils and Sprits of Babylonia, R. Campbell Thompson confirmed the report of Ekimmu. He continue to say, "If it found a luckless man who wandered far from his fellows into haunted places, it fastened upon him plaguing and tormenting him until such time as a priest could drive it away with exorcisms."
             In Israel, the Lilith was a female demon. One of the seven Babylonian spirits of evil borrowed by the Hebrews. There are a few stories on the beginning of Lilith. one of them was held by the Talmudists that the Lilith was Eve, the erring wife of Adam from the Garden of Eden. Soured by her rejection she took to the air and became a blood-sucking demon who mainly preyed on children. The second is that Lilith was the first wife of Adam, before being replaced by Eve. According to Jewish folklore Lilith ran off after what may be history's first lover's quarrel. Adam and Lilith fought over sexual positions. Adam wanted to be on top and Lilith protested. After realizing that she could not win the argument Lilith ran off. When Adam had children with his second wife (Eve) Lilith would be out there to harm...