Just realized: the myth², vampires couldn't see their reflection in the mirror, probably comes from mirrors being made of *silver*. Makes so much sense!
²) of course, we do see ourselves in the mirror. How else could we do our makeup so flawlessly?

Mir is grad aufgefallen, dass der Mythos³, Vampire könnten sich nicht im Spiegel sehen, vmtl kommt, weil Spiegel aus *Silber* gemacht wurden. Macht so viel Sinn!
³) klar sehen wir uns im Spiegel. Wie würden wir sonst unser Makeup perfekt hinkriegen?

otoh: Why is mythology so obsessed with silver? Is it just that it's the metal corresponding with the moon (instead of gold ~ sun)? Hmm.
Are there mythical creatures only hurt by gold? Copper? Iron?

Andererseits: Warum ist die Mythologie so besessen von Silber? Ist es nur, weil Silber das Metall ist, das dem Mond zugeordnet ist (statt Gold ~ Sonne)? Hmm.
Gibt es myth. Wesen, die nur von Gold verletzt werden? Kupfer? Eisen?

@TQ iron hurts ghosts and fae, I can't find it for copper right now but I'm pretty sure there's a creature weak to copper as well

@punsandpotions Ha, you're right! It's a different culture. Here in Germany, ghosts are put off by light and churchy stuff and such. And well, we don't have fae.

@TQ i literally am from Germany 😂

@punsandpotions 😂 Just shows how far away Celtic culture is from my brain... Ah, well. I'm not very good in local mythology either, so that's okay.