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Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality
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Paul Barber |
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1988 |
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Barber has written a stimulating, authoritative discourse on the relationship between the historical concepts of vampires in folklore and fiction across the ages and throughout the world. To explain the underlying myraid interment and mourning practices designed to keep the dead at bay, he postulates a universal fear of the"vampire/revenant." Such fear was most probably based on universal lack of knowledge and control over fatal illness and disease, and misinterpretations of the natural (and varied) physical manifestations of death and decay in the human body. A lengthy bibliography accompanies the text. Best for academics, but for interested general readers too. Suzanne W. Wood, SUNY Coll. of Technology, Alfred, N.Y.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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Describes a scientific explanation for the start of the vampire legend, looks at the folklore in various cultures, and discusses burial customs. |
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A well written book that looks into the background of death and burials, and how medical and biological ignorance contributed greatly to the ongoing suspicions about vampires throughout history. Not a bad read, and a nice addition to any vampire library. However, the topics are limited to mainly burial and death rituals and beliefs - anyone looking for an overview of vampires in general would be better off looking elsewhere. |
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