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Superstitions & Folk Belief

Vampires, Burial, and Death

Folklore and Reality

by Paul Barber

A folklorist's comparison of European vampire reports with forensic knowledge of decomposition and burial. Barber argues that the signs officials and villagers took as proof of vampirism were normal processes of decay, carefully observed but interpreted through folk belief.

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