Why Do Vampires and Werewolves Hate Each Other?

We’ve all read it in books and seen it in movies and on TV, that bitter rivalry between vampires and werewolves, the intense hatred the two share, but has anyone thought to ask why? Why do these two supernatural entities hate each other so much? Why are writers constantly pitting them against each other?

Out of all the books and movies I have read and seen the only one to explain it is Underworld. The werewolves hate the vampires because the vamps forced them into slavery, which triggered a war that lasted centuries. Eventually neither side remembers what started it all, but they are so far into it that the hatred is fused into their minds. That is just one explanation, most other writers have yet to give any reason for the animosity, but I have a few theories:

It could simply be a competition of sorts, a sense of pride of who you are. Take the rivalry between sports teams or countries for example – they go against each other because they think they are the best. They dislike one another because they think that they are far superior, and because of that, a challenge is born and each side rises to the occasion, ready to prove to the other that they are the greatest. Vampires and werewolves are the same, each side thinks that they are the superior race, and they feel the need to go against each other to prove it.

Another thing is that they are very different from one another, and as history has shown us countless times, people often seek to destroy what is different. Vampires are often portrayed as aristocratic and noble beings with an insatiable lust for blood. Whereas werewolves are usually shown as a bit more laid back, a little rough around the edges with the need to destroy everything in their path once a month. Two very different, yet equally destructive, creatures. Werewolves hate that vampires drink blood, vampires hate that werewolves have a wild dangerous beast inside them. Werewolves think vampires are filthy leeches, vampires think werewolf are lowly dogs. On and on.

So to me, it’s an issue of superiority complexes and differences. All about who is the bigger badder monster. What do you guys think? Why do werewolves and vampires hate each other?

– Moonlight

By Moonlight

Moonlight (aka Amanda) loves to write about, read about and learn about everything pertaining to vampires. You will most likely find her huddled over a book of vampire folklore with coffee in hand. Touch her coffee and she may bite you (and not in the fun way).

63 comments

  1. Seeing as human is the main course on both of their menus, I’d say it’s more or less competition for food. It’s like that for all predators.

      1. We??????? Your no vampire bud or a werewolf your just a guy who woke up One morning a just thought of the idea of calling yourself a vampire. I personally believe these creatures do exist some way some how but the people who are on here claiming they’re vampires………..VAMPIRES CANT REPRODUCE YOU JACK ASS!!!!!! I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOUR CURSED BUT YOU MAKE IT SEEM YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY ARE VAMPIRES and if you were a vampire or werewolf you wouldn’t be flapping your Fucking lips about your existence you fool so you know what get the fuck up off your ass and get a job you lying sack of shit

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  6. I’m not saying this is true but from what i’ve read on the net they hate eachother because of a war in roman times where the vampires screwed over the werewolves to save themselves… i guess that would create some bad blood… no pun intended lol

  7. Well, I suppose it would be a territory thing, a food thing, a difference thing, or the vampires did something to make the werewolves mad -or vice versa- and they never liked eachother ever again.

  8. I actually believe what you said is true:)
    plus i always thought that the underworld explained things best

  9. any one but me thinking vampires are a bit like cats with the fangs the hunting at night and there strong eares, that they move graciously and they usualy have long nails. So if you agree with me the fight between them and warewolves is obvious like cats vs. dogs

  10. Is was unclear to me why these entities hated each other so much but after some reasearch, I understood. the answer is an unbreakable bond between vams and werewolves. It all started with the alpha werewolf and vamp, they were brethren, shared a bond that no one could understand ot break. they trusted each other deeply but as years went by, the vampires began to question the order of things, like why the wolves could walk in the sun and they couldn’t…They grew angry and envious of the wolves as they thought that walking in sunlight gave the wolves a sense of superiority. the alpha vamp came to realise that his wolf brethren were far more privileged, and so he grew vengeful and greedy which in the end led to him betraying the alpha wolf. And as werewolves were loyal to their kind, they stood against the vampires. A raging war began between the two and it went on for centuries until this day. but some have forgotten why they hate each other, others fight to break a bond that can never be broken and some just want to hate.

  11. Another fact that should be noted is that they are in fact moral opposites. In their human form, Vampires are very smart and devious even. While werewolves are more “pack like” and group mentality of a wolf.

    They are both immensely strong creatures that are viewed differently by different cultures and different people. Sine even believe they were created by Rivaling brothers who sought “Minions” or companions of their own.

    My personal favorite story hails from the Skyrim lore. In that story Werewolves are created by the Daedric god Hircine, god of the Hunt, created them to join him in the afterlife as his hunting companions.

    Vampires on the other hand were created when another Daedra ((Perhaps Hircine’s brother)) Molag Bal, patron god of Dominion and conquest created them after raping a mortal woman. After which he shed his own blood onto her and left her to die. The people of that time found her but at that point it was too late and she died, but relived as a servant of Molag who then spread her powers to others.

    Another notable thing to realize about the two beings, is that they are in fact reliant on the same food source, as they both Eat or feed off of Humans in some way or another. This competition for food could be very similar to the struggle of Apex predators of real animals. And even the struggle between people who live in the same area but are not of the same country, or bloodline but require the same food ((Prevalent in Cannibalistic culture.))

    The final piece may lie in the fact that they simply are too different for them to accept one another. One roams both night and day, the other is restricted solely to Night. One is loyal and well-meaning but has an urge that causes them to do things they don’t want or wouldn’t normally do ((Werewolves)) While the other is confined in to a life in the shadows of Humans (and werewolves) who roam about wherever they please, whenever they wish ((Vampires))

    This simple nature may all but overshadow the fact that they are both very similar. But perhaps their similarity is what causes so many to become steeped in brutal hatred.

    1. vampires come from ambrogio, lycanthropes from king Lycaon. originally that is, there are other stories but the stories of Ambrogio and Lycaon are the true ones.

  12. We hate vampires because of how they treat humans. They have no care for them. Yet even though we do have less self control on the full moon and if you are in our way things will not end pretty we pitty the humans. You are right pretty much but the hate goes more then just who is a better monster. But sorry it is you humans that are the true monsters you kill each other and wage wars for what? We don’t kill are own I can even say for vampires do not kill their own(but you always have a bad seed on occasion). I forgot where I was going with this….

    1. Just to let you all know. I 100 present agree with brenden you humans kill each other like there is nothing better to do. See I do not have a pack yet but I think I might be in one soon but still I would not kill my pack for fun humans are weak and are fearful that are afraid of every thing that is different. I am friends with a vamp and a witch so wow. It’s. just really dumb how what seams like its a bad and scary thing dose not always mean it is soo think about this humans. Oh and btw no we do not eat humans will I do not at lest I like cow meat yumm cow

    2. In some books, TV shows and movies vampires LOVE humans such as The Vampire Diaries, Twilight, New Moon and I’m pretty sure eclipse too

    3. If you were a werewolf, would you really want people to know? For avid believers who think themselves hunters or something, hacking this website, tracking your account or comment, finding you, thinking you’re a werewolf and yknow, killing you? Your family and friends? I doubt it.

  13. I agree, humans, if you think about it, are obsessed with death, and killing each other oh, and , being normal, that they are not the best kind of creatures. So that’s why when we tell them about us, they think were freaks, so, just leave us alone, please.

  14. As a vampire, the wolves hate us because we did cast them into slavery. A few vamps tried to get them out. Then the war came. That’s a legend passed from teacher to student. Some wolves and vamps have actually married and had kids since the war started. It’s not over yet

    1. I, as a human agree completely, we are controlled and opressed by our lust for death and destruction. And are much more vulnerable to the call of darkness that lurks in the soul of weak willed and weathered down men.

  15. It’s coz vampires are Christian and werewolves are Muslim. Vampires fought in Crusades against the Ottoman Empire under Vlad Tepes(aka Dracula), except Vlad’s brother Radu who converted to Islam.

    1. In support of this theory, check wikipedia for Dracula and also if you check the Hadith you’ll find mentions of Djinns who turn into dogs.

      1. I know dogs and wolves aren’t the same but I’ve heard that Arabs use the term for dogs interchangeably with Hyenas and desert wolves.

    2. ok there is nothing wrong with ” islam and muslims” I think (according to everything) its Christian making mistakes but anyways I think it is just that werewolves were slaves to the vampires and they were just scared of each other and how some of their weaknesses was each other so they had to prove them selves better then everything and everyone…
      P.S. radu was not the guys name I think and he was just seeing the correct side…

    3. Budy what the fuck are you saing…..Religion is another thing and being supernatural is another….The story of King Vlad of Romania i that he did drink the blood of his enemies not that he is a vampire and that is disgusting….And Muslim people are just people like anyone like chrstian,buddha and etc people….If you hate a muslim people hate him but don’t compare him to this bullshit because this are legends not real storys (Sorry for the wrong wrote….I hope you understand it)

  16. Vampires and werewolves, have always hated each other forever. The vampire diaries say that a werewolf bit can kill a vampire , so they killed them all for their own protection.

    1. vampire diaries isn’t always correct. And in this case they aren’t. A werewolf bite doesn’t kill a vampire anymore than it kills a human.

  17. The whole vampire vs. werewolf thing supposedly started out in roleplaying games years ago and the writers of the Underworld franchise adopted the idea cause they thought it was cool. Don’t get me wrong, I love those movies, but all it is is a trend and it’s ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY.

    Also, after reading some of the comments on here, I have to point out how sick I am of all this bullshit about people claiming to be “vampires” or “werewolves”. when they are really just humans with some sort of fetish. It’s ridiculous…this one time on Myspace (back when Myspace was still cool), I actually met somebody who claimed he was a demon and, according to him, all the legends and religions that talk about demons got the whole thing wrong. Yeah, what’s next…Leprechauns? If you are going around saying you are a “real vampire” or some other mythological creature all you need is A PSYCHOLOGIST.

    1. it is an attention issue. these clowns must have had parents that were vacant, or simply did not love them for them to think they are vampires, or werewolves. i have met people who have said that crap to me. at work, during the day. hmmmm? guess the sun isn’t an issue anymore. they simply have mental failures.

  18. This isn’t strictly true. At all…really. The first vampires came from Ambrogio a man in ancient Greece who fell in love with the same women as Apollo, the god. He wanted to take Selene (The woman) away but this made Apollo angry. Artemis (Apollo’s sister) saved the couple by giving them shelter… but there was a price to be paid- bloodlust and immortality, but if they accepted this price, then they could never touch each other (Sexually) as Artemis is the virgin Goddess. Silver and daylight burns then because Ambrogio tried to steal Apollo’s silver bow.
    Werewolves or Lycanthropes, were created when King Lycaon fed Zeus (Who was disguised as a beggar) one of his sons. Zeus enraged turned, Lycaon into a wolf and resurrected his son but gave him the ability to change between human and wolf forms. And so the two species were born- separately.
    I don’t know about the war or anything… or much about the lycan v vamp situation, but I know their origins.

  19. Probably for the same reasons as the Pirates VS Ninjas rivalry: Some people said “Who would win in a fight?” and people have been fighting about it ever since.

  20. Well that’s why I hate you,you forced my fellow werewolves in slavery. My name is Van Helsing
    And I’m the last werewolf who can tell you this

    1. im sorry that you can still think that sir but me and my friend are alphas and we both got packs she has a lot of werewolves so you are a little wrong

  21. Saw the movie Underworld and the reason behind the war was that Viktor had murdered his own daughter because she was pregnant with Lucian’s child. To him the baby was both a betrayal of the vampire clan and an abomination.

  22. Hi this isn’t a comment about why I think Vamps and Werewolves hate each other.
    I just want to say something.
    What if A Werewolf fell in love with a Vampire?

  23. if you must know they were Alien DNA manipulation for exsperiment use it is beyond man and is what it is why and how i do not know, but it is not good i do not Advice anyone to look into this world/life as it will change/destroy you, you will not be the same you will not be a normal human you will have no friends no life no love u will be dead inside it is a curse for a reason it is not normal and the secret is in the Eyes and the Astral you can see another wolves by there eyes and also a dragoolia by there eyes why the alien gods created such exsperiments is unknown to me maybe a war or battle that Anubis had with SET that passed down through DNA or blood

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