Vampires, burial, and death : folklore and reality /

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Surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers a scientific explanation for the origins of the legends.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barber, Paul, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1988.
Temas:
Vampires.
Postmortem changes > Folklore.
Dead > Folklore.
Postmortem changes.
Dead.
Death.
Folklore.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Death
Folklore
Mortuary Practice
Postmortem Changes
Cadaver
Phénomènes cadavériques.
Morts.
Phénomènes cadavériques > Folklore.
Morts > Folklore.
Mort.
Pompes funèbres.
deaths.
folklore (culture-related concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Undertakers and undertaking
Dead
Postmortem changes
Vampires
Vampirglaube
Vampir
Volkskunde
Vampiers.
Volksverhalen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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