Vampires, burial, and death : folklore and reality
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TextNew Haven, CT Yale University Press c1988Description: ix; 236p.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-300-04859-8
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1 Peter Plogojowitz. 2 The shoemaker of Silesia. 3 Visum et repertum. 4 De Tournefort's Vrykkolakas. 5 How revenants come into existence. 6 The appearance of the vampire. 7 Apotropaics I. 8 Apotropaics II. 9 Search and destroy. 10 The vampire's activity. 11 Some theories of the vampire. 12 The body after death. 13 Actions and reactions. 14 Hands emerging from the earth. 15 Down to a watery grave. 16 Killing the vampire. 17 Body disposal and its problems. 18 The soul after death. 19 Keeping body and soul apart. Conclusion
'...surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first scientific explanation for the origins of the vampire legends....The study's comprehensiveness and the author's bone-dry wit make this compelling reading, not just for folklorists, but for anyone interested in a time when the dead wouldn't stay dead.'
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