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According to urban legends, why do vampires sleep in coffins?

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Vampires are the undead. The legend is that after dying and being buried they arose from the grave and wandered at night drinking blood to survive. They cannot tolerate sunlight. They return to their graves to sleep away the day. They cleverly realized that, unlike their grave, they could transport their coffins anywhere. read more

The coffin sleeping schtick grew mostly from Bram Stoker’s book ‘Dracula’ which shaped the modern portrayal of vampires. Bram Stoker took a hodgepodge collection of old folktales, added some embellishment, and created the vampire mythos. The coffin angle is a literary invention. read more

If a vampire did spend the night in a coffin, it probably had nothing to do with sleeping preference. In the old days, many bite victims were interred while still in a vampiric coma—which in-turn gave birth to the myth that vampires must sleep within the soil of their homeland. read more

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