Vampires, burial, and death: folklore and reality
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Beteilige Person: Barber, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New Haven Yale University Press ©1988
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index
Peter Plogojowitz -- The shoemaker of Silesia -- Visum et Repertum -- De Tournefort's Vrykolakas -- How revenants come into existence -- The appearance of the vampire -- Apotropaics I -- Apotropaics II -- Search and destroy -- The vampire's activity -- Some theories of the vampire -- The body after death -- Actions and reactions -- Hands emerging from the earth -- Down to a watery grave -- Killing the vampire -- Body disposal and its problems -- The soul after death -- Keeping body and soul apart
Surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers a scientific explanation for the origins of the legends
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 236 pages)
ISBN:0585368988
9780585368986