History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Michelle Remembers, Natural Disaster, Satanism
23 Apr 2016
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Part of the great new england vampire panic: og vampires come from slavic folklore; when someone dies soul leaves body but chills for about 40 days, if body is disturbed then you become a vampire. If you were excommunicated, suicide or you were buried without proper funeral rites you were a vampire. Puffy blob of blood with skin and teeth until eastern and western cultures meet: western europe transforms vampire story into what we know today because it fits the heretic or witchcraft model. Vampire becomes a predator that can bite you: medveda serbia 1732: 40 villagers dug up, 13 found to be vampires due to presence of fresh blood in mouth and noses. Wooden stakes driven into hearts to kill them. Johan fluckinger was a military doctor sent in to figure it out. Arnond paole was supposedly start as he had an unexpected death and was spotted wandering the village at night.
