It's possible there ISN'T an Heir of Gryffindor and other matters

[a_rude_mechanical]

No: HPFGUIDX 58259

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> .
> 
> * This Snape as vampire, dhampire, damn pyre, umpire, empire, 
> whatever. It's amusing. BUT, keep in mind that there are several 
> different mythologies of the vampire. In some, garlic has an 
effect. 
> In others, it doesn't. In the Bram Stoker version, a vampire can 
go 
> out during the day. In the White Wolf version, a vampire can't.
> 
> So, any clues regarding Snape's activities and whether he's a 
vampire 
> needs to remember that we don't know what the vampire rules are in 
> JKR's world. The fact that he's out in daylight is not necessarily 
> proof against.
> 


It strikes me as odd that we have heard no mention yet of vampires 
in Rowling's books, which (to me) seems as good a support as any for 
Snape's being of the Vampire persuasion.  Am I mistaken in saying 
that the Vampire is also(conspicuously) left out of her book of 
Magical Creatures?

Elisabeth