Vampires, burial, and death : folklore and reality

Vampires, burial, and death : folklore and reality / Paul Barber.

In this engrossing book, Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first scientific explanation for the origins of the vampire legends. From the tale of a sixteenth-century shoemaker from Breslau whose ghost terrorized everyone in the city, to the testimony of a doctor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Paul, 1941- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Vampires.
Postmortem changes > Folklore > Folklore.
Dead > Folklore > Folklore.
Postmortem changes > Folklore.
Dead > Folklore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Dead
Postmortem changes
Vampires
Folklore
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface to the 2010 Edition
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I: Peter Plogojowitz
  • II: The Shoemaker of Silesia
  • III: Visum et Repertum
  • IV: De Tournefort's Vrykolakas
  • V: How Revenants Come into Existence
  • VI: The Appearance of the Vampire
  • VII: Apotropaics I
  • VIII: Apotropaics II
  • IX: Search and Destroy
  • X: The Vampire's Activity
  • XI: Some Theories of the Vampire
  • XII: The Body after Death
  • XIII: Actions and Reactions
  • XIV: Hands Emerging from the Earth
  • XV: Down to a Watery Grave
  • XVI: Killing the VampireXVII: Body Disposal and Its Problems
  • XVIII: The Soul after Death
  • XIX: Keeping Body and Soul Apart
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y

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