[lit-ideas] Re: Wahhaj's vision

  • From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:31:01 -0400

Omar: I am sure that all kinds of devastating conclusions
about Balkan countries, Slavic cultures etc. could be
drawn from this.


Eric: Thanks for explaining what you meant about the spelling. As for conclusions, I'll pass on them.

One of my friends is a doctor from Romania. She was explaining the Romanian "vampire" tradition to me, how the Eastern Orthodox clerics are involved in special ceremonies for those who are suspected of being vampires. People suspected of being vampires are never troubled while they are alive. When they die, however, there are all kinds of special ceremonies to prevent their rising from the dead. Apparently two signs that someone is a vampire are exceptionally good health and high intelligence.

I don't see what the survival-value of such folklore (fearing the healthy and the intelligent) could be.

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