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The “Vampire Priest” Myths and Clergy Alleged to Consume Human Blood
The myth of the “vampire priest” embodies humanity’s deepest fears about authority’s corruption, transforming blood from a sacred symbol to a profane substance in dark…
Resurrecting the Undead: Petar Blagojević and the Birth of Vampire Mythology
The death of Petar Blagojević in 1725 spurred one of the earliest vampire panics, with villagers believing his improper burial allowed him to rise and…
Noble Blood and Dark Rituals: The Enigmatic Death of Countess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg
Countess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg’s funeral rites, rumored to include anti-vampire measures, illuminate the cultural fears of death and supernatural return that influenced burial practices in…
Medieval Nightmares: The Dark Arts, Witch Hunts, and the Specter of the Unseen
Medieval Europe’s fear of the unseen, fueled by crises and religious fervor, turned the supernatural into both explanation and scapegoat. The witch hunts warn of…
The Monstrous Other and Virtual Vampires Transgressions
In a literal interpretation, vampires are representative of the fears of the cultures which produce them
The Folklore Vampire: The Monstrous Other
This horrifying suspicion that each human being could potentially be naturally deviant was an enormous threat to the function of society
Vampirism as a Malevolent or Medical Source?
Folkloric accounts bear witness to these “vampires” being discovered gorged and bloated, with dried blood encrusted around the mouth, having drained the life force from…
Unearthing the Witch, and the Folkloric Diabolical Goddesses
This article examines the witch as depicted through the schemes of those who benefited from the image of the diabolical witch
