Vampires and Vampirism
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Vampires and Vampirism

Dudley Wright

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Vampires and Vampirism

Dudley Wright

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The Greek Church at one time taught that the bodies of persons upon whom the ban of excommunication had been passed did not undergo decomposition after death until such sentence had been revoked by the pronouncement of absolution over the remains, and that, while the bodies remained in this uncorrupted condition, the spirits of the individuals wandered up and down the earth seeking sustenance from the blood of the living. The non-corruption of a body, however, was also held to be one of the proofs of sanctity; but, in this case, the body preserved its natural colour and gave an agreeable odour, whereas the bodies of the excommunicated generally turned black, swelled out like a drum, and emitted an offensive smell. Very frequently, however, when the graves of suspected vampires were opened, the faces were found to be of ruddy complexion and the veins distended with blood, which, when opened with a lancet, yielded a supply of blood as plentiful, fresh, and free as that found in the veins of young and healthy living human beings. For many centuries in the history of Greek Christianity there was scarcely a village that had not its own local vampire stories which were related by the inhabitants and vouched for by them as having either occurred within their own knowledge or been related to them by their parents or relatives as having come within their personal observation or been verified by them.

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Publisher
Books on Demand
Year
2022
ISBN
9783756214587
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Vampires and Vampirism
  2. PREFACE
  3. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
  4. CHAPTER II EXCOMMUNICATION AND ITS POWER
  5. CHAPTER III THE VAMPIRE IN BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA, AND GREECE
  6. CHAPTER IV VAMPIRISM IN GREAT AND GREATER BRITAIN
  7. CHAPTER V VAMPIRISM IN GERMANY AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES
  8. CHAPTER VI VAMPIRISM IN HUNGARY, BAVARIA, AND SILESIA
  9. CHAPTER VII VAMPIRISM IN SERVIA AND BULGARIA
  10. CHAPTER VIII VAMPIRE BELIEF IN RUSSIA
  11. CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEA
  12. CHAPTER X LIVING VAMPIRES
  13. CHAPTER XI THE VAMPIRE IN LITERATURE
  14. CHAPTER XII FACT OR FICTION?
  15. Copyright
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APA 6 Citation

Wright, D. (2022). Vampires and Vampirism (1st ed.). Books on Demand. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3534464/vampires-and-vampirism-pdf (Original work published 2022)

Chicago Citation

Wright, Dudley. (2022) 2022. Vampires and Vampirism. 1st ed. Books on Demand. https://www.perlego.com/book/3534464/vampires-and-vampirism-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Wright, D. (2022) Vampires and Vampirism. 1st edn. Books on Demand. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3534464/vampires-and-vampirism-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Wright, Dudley. Vampires and Vampirism. 1st ed. Books on Demand, 2022. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.