Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780300041262 (0300041268)
Publish date: September 10th 1988
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Horror,
Anthropology,
Death,
Mythology,
Folklore,
Supernatural,
Vampires
TITLE: Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality AUTHOR: Paul Barber DATE PUBLISHED: 1988 FORMAT: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780300041262 ___________________________ DESCRIPTION: "In this engrossing book, Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first ...
It's been ages since I read this and I think it would get another star if the main thing I didn't remember so very, very clearly was the description of the process of decomposition. Specifically the "liquifaction of the eyeballs." So three stars because I am so annoyingly squeamish. But the book was...
Barber presents a rather convincing and interesting theory in this book, arguing that vampire legends and folklore developed as a means to expalin decomposition. The book is worth a read not only for the theory but als because of the amount of translation and sources that Barber looks at. If you a...
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