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They are real like all legends
The ideas have been made silly
They originated right after the renaissance began
That's because the great wealth of that era and region is vampiric
they suck all the resources from the weaker neighbors
but the neighbors can't say that to their face cus they weak
so you invent a 'let's go brandon' meme to explain to your kids
that vampires suck the soul out of society
because kids have loud mouths and will spill the beans
that way you can tell kids the truth without making them totally stupid or a terrible liability
gpt
these myths of monsters inevitably are humans
that's what the great muse has been saying
the best known ones always are predated by an incredibly historic/biblical event
usually its humans conquering other humans biblical

for example the kraken originates from norway vikings. 100 years after the doomsday book was written in england in the year of 1066 our lord. after that conquest by william that nation became what it is today. they kept that a secret for 800 years. but the truth of the beast is known in the legends of the story tellers.