Slavic vampire
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Children’s literature has predominantly been the domain of the Western vampire of European origins: But how do other cultures, like say the Japanese, approach the vampire legend in their literature for children? What sort of creatures... more
Seria "Perspektywy Ponowoczesności" (t. VII): "Groza i postgroza" Świat stworzony przez Anne Rice jest jednym z najdokładniej opisanych i najbardziej interesujących wampirzych uniwersów. Wykreowana przez autorkę przestrzeń nie emanuje... more
SUMMARY: Broken into three focuses, I explore the history of the way we label vampires or striga, the earliest written variants, the historically written accounts of vampires, and the earlier fictional works of vampires. Please feel free... more
The whimsical text of an invited lecture/slide presentation to the "Uncanny October" series of events at the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, State College, PA, 7 October 2013
ADAM MICKIEWICZ THE ROMANTIC OR A VISION IN BROAD DAYLIGHT... VAMPIRE This article aims to propose a new thesis interpretation on The Romantic of Adam Mickiewicz, under which the beloved Karusia – Jasieniek is a phantom, Polish vampire,... more
The identification of deviant burials as those of ‘vampires’ is a feature of excavated skeletons from sites across Eastern, Central and Southern Europe as well as the Balkans. Based on a close reading of historic and folkloric sources... more
The article analyses two recent fictional reiterations of Count Dracula’s topos – namely, Alucard in Kouta Hirano’s Hellsing manga series (1997-2008) and Fifi/FAD (Florin Anghelescu Dragolea) in Alexandru Muşina’s novel Dracula’s Nephew... more
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD Katherine Ramsland EDITOR’S PREFACE NEW INTRODUCTION Rosemary Ellen Guiley PROLOGUE: MONTAGE SUMMERS AND THE VAMPIRE CASEBOOK Gerard P. O’Sullivan THE VAMPIRE IN EUROPE (1929): THE... more
XVI efpofto col la fua vivacita di efpvcffioni, ed intrepidenna , mofe cost V animo pietofo del Papa, che convinto della fua innocenna e dell imp of ura altrui , il rimand'o alia fua Sede. Ritomato egli in Trani non fo.lo non portb odlo a... more
Wampir na rozdrożach. Etymologia wyrazu upiór -wampir w językach słowiańskich [O] Wyraz upiór -wampir przyciąga uwagę etymologów od ponad stu lat', Na jego etymologię składają się właściwie trzy pytania: 1. jak wyraz ten rozprzestrze niał... more
An addendum to Kamil Stachowski and Olaf Stachowski’s “Possibly Oriental Elements in Slavonic Folklore. Upiór ~ wampir” (2017). Etymological propositions involving Old Slavonic pirъ “a feast” are discussed: one by Jan L. Perkowski from... more
"This article aims to propose a „vampiric” interpretation the most famous poetic drama by Adam Mickiewicz. Particular attention was given on Dresden’s part of the drama on grounds of „satanic song” sing by Konrad. This song is read as... more
This paper examines the history of research on medieval deviant burials discovered in the area of Poland. The problem of unusual funerary practices (e.g. decapitations, prone burials or covering the corpses with stones) was acknowledged... more
L’ail est bien connu pour son efficacité contre les vampires qu’il repousse aussi sûrement que l’eau bénite ou la croix du Christ. Ce que l’on sait moins, en revanche, c’est que cette arme anti-revenants était déjà en usage en Égypte... more
This bibliograpy tries to give a representative survey of scholarship on the phenomenon of vampirism in European cultures (folklore and cultural studies, psychiatry and psychology, literary and film studies).
Review of Vampire Films Around the World, ed. James Aubrey, incl. article by Tatjana Aleksić
Upiór (gdzie i jak się pojawia, jak go unieszkodliwić, jak szkodzi ludziom)
Comparative literature research -- an article on female vampires.
In: Benjamin Baumann, Stefan Hoffmann, Maren Wilger [Hrsg.] (2013) Der Tod im Kulturvergleich. Süd- und Südostasiatische Perspektiven. SOA Working Papers No. 51.
More info at: http://www.slavistickikomitet.ba/ (From December 5, 2014)
The "vampire" recognized in various parts of the world, especially in Russia and Eastern European countries, is described as a ghost or blood-sucking supernatural creature living in public accounts. Many etymological theories have been... more
Experience first documented occurrence of vampirism! Become a witness of vampire story, that happened in Kisilova village, Habsburg Empire, 1725 A.D. Based on true, documented events! 1
Vampire wie den bekannten Grafen Dracula gibt es zwar nicht, aber sie üben eine nach wie vor erstaunliche Faszination aus. Deshalb kann es nicht verwundern, daß der Vampir in der Populärkultur eine große kulturwissen-schaftliche... more
Tomislav Longinovic has compiled and edited a collection of primary and secondary sources that reviews characteristics and representations of the vampire -- a cultural symbol known for its longevity and global spread.
Recenzja naukowa tomu zbiorowego "Oblicza wampiryzmu" pod red. Anny Depty, Szymona Cieślińskiego i Michała Wolskiego, wyd. Wrocław 2018: Stowarzyszenie Badaczy Literatury i Kultury Popularnej „Trickster”.
Besprechung des Buches "Der Vampir. Ein europäischer Mythos" von Thomas M. Bohn (2016).
“I sense it even now. People thirst for it; the entire country is mad with desire for it…” A dying man’s cryptic letter catapults California college student Steven Roberts on a mystery-shrouded quest into the labyrinth of the war-torn... more
Рахно Костянтин. Знахар Грицько Пайдун: слідами однієї слобожанської легенди // Етнічна історія народів Європи: Збірник наукових праць. – Київ: Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка, 2011. – Випуск 35. – С. 42-48.