Motif
murderous ghosts and vampires
murderous_ghosts_and_vampires
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 CHAPTER V. / GHOST STORIES. / CHAPTER VI. / LEGENDS.; lines 340-369 confidence: medium
“Harmless Ghosts--The Rip van Winkle Story--the attachment of Ghosts to their Shrouds and Coffin-Lids--Murderous Ghosts--Stories about Vampires--on the name Vampire, and the belief in Vampirism”
The contents list murderous ghosts, vampire stories, the name vampire, and belief in vampirism.
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