Perkowski: Vampie Lore "Vampires of the Slavs - Introduction"

Vampires as left over from pre-Christian pagan beliefs 61. Old world vampires thought caused as a result of bad burials and this is something that has not altogether been eradicated in modern civilization. People still make mistakes. Reference to Poe's "The premature burial" is an example of the old world belief 62. 19th century literary vampire confuses real vampire lore 63. In the news: cannibalism and its affect on vampire understanding 64. A summary of the texts used in the book and how they pertain to the occult - Doyle's "The Parasite" reference 65. Afanas'ev introduced 65. Gypsies and Serbian vampires 66. Jacobson cited for noting that daemonology in Slavic folklore is not the same as literary types 66. A.K. Tolstoy influenced by Merimee wrote Vourdalak family in French about a Serbian vampire 67. Connection of rabies and fear of water to vampires 67.