Why does garlic kill vampires?

It developed around the world in different cultures, as did stories of vampires, although they behave differently and have different weaknesses and strengths in different places. Since garlic smells bad, and keeps people away, then it must do the same for vampires, if you believe in vampires. read more

When it comes to vampires and garlic now, most authors choose to have their vampire characters unaffected by garlic. But in some books/movies vampires don’t like garlic, but it is simply because they have a heightened sense of smell and the stuff reeks. One author that did use garlic as protection was the famous Bram Stoker in Dracula. That there is how vampires and garlic became so popular and well known. read more

#1: Garlic does not kill vampires. It wards them off. (They don’t like to/can’t come near it) #2: The entire ideal of garlic warding off Vampires started with the ideal that Odors can ward off evil. More specifically strong odors can overpower the “stench of death.” - And Garlic was considered a ‘clean’ odor. read more

Why vampires are terrified of garlic (and why they probably should be!): 1. Vampires fear garlic because of the powerful sweet smell. 2. Garlic can be a cause of Alliumphobia in vampires that is mainly cause by the curative properties of the allicin compound. 3. read more