ANTHROP 4BB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Amniotic Sac, Congenital Disorder, Bloating
18 Apr 2018
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The term vampire came to be used in 1734 and arose from folklore of a creature or revenant feeding on the life essence or blood of the living. They were people who died prematurely and came back to life to bring further death to their friends and neighbours. It was believed that vampires had been different, unpopular, alcoholics or sinners while alive. Folkloric vampire: the folkloric vampire could be seen as a plump slavic man with long finger nails, a short or no beard, with a swollen and red face, and his mouth and left eye open. European folklore, many vampires and revenants do not suck the blood of their victims, but instead they bite them. In europe vampire bit the thorax; among the kashubes, who were of. Slavic origins, the vampires bit the left breast; in russia, vampires left a small wound in the heart; and in danzing or gdansk, the vampire bit the nipples of the victim.
