Motif
contagious or accidental transformation into vampire
contagious_or_accidental_transformation_into_vampire
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Vampires and Predatory Dead. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER V. / GHOST STORIES.; lines 13717-13791 confidence: high
Causes of vampirism include wizardry, witchcraft, suicide, violent death, curses, being slain by a vampire, an animal crossing the corpse, a bird flying over it, or being born from an unholy union involving the Evil One or an animated corpse.
A vampire's victim may become a vampire, and animal movement across a corpse or bird flight above it may turn the dead into a vampire.
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