Vrykolakas
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What are real life legend/myth/superstition/whatever are Vrykolakas based off of?
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Vrykolakas are a freewheeling mix of traits from various folkloric vampires, which, yes, generally come from eastern and southeastern Europe. Likewise, the name is a mix of various revenant names. Check out Paul Barber's Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality for a treasure trove of lore.
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God I love Wikipedia. I know I shouldn't, and it's rather weak on scholarship, but it has so much information, and so easy to access.
I personally always assumed they were classic Vamps like the Nosferatu of Lugosi fame. Guess not.
I personally always assumed they were classic Vamps like the Nosferatu of Lugosi fame. Guess not.
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You can also read 'the vampire: his kith and kin' at this addressNeoTiamat wrote:God I love Wikipedia. I know I shouldn't, and it's rather weak on scholarship, but it has so much information, and so easy to access.
I personally always assumed they were classic Vamps like the Nosferatu of Lugosi fame. Guess not.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/goth/index.htm.
It describes traditional vampires and a lot of things of Greek tradition reminded me of the Vrykolakas. Even the name was not that far, though I don't quite remember (I read this 5 or 6 months ago).
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Actually, they did a recent study and determined that wikipedia contained less errors than the Encyclopedia Britannica. Not only that, but the information is better monitored.NeoTiamat wrote:God I love Wikipedia. I know I shouldn't, and it's rather weak on scholarship, but it has so much information, and so easy to access..
And there are some very smart people on there; the group nature actually can help the scholarship.
Then again, never take anything at face value. Nothing shoudl ever be your only point of research.
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you - Friedrich Nietzsche