The First Vampires - How Early Vampirism Impacted Theology, Philosophy & the Occult
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2023
- What are the origins of the Vampire? Born in Eastern European folklore and transformed by Enlightenment, the Vampire is truly the first modern monster. We all know Dracula but what do the earliest Vampire accounts reveal to us about the origins of this undead, blood-sucking creature? Let's turn back to those accounts and see just how different the first recorded Vampires were from the dapper fanged aristocrats of Stoker and Rice. Though, not only did the Vampire come to haunt the imagination but the Undead also proved a formidable threat to both Enlightenment Philosophy, early Occult Philosophy and Catholic Theology all of which had some say during the "Vampire Craze" of 1720-1750.
Check out Filip's video - • The History of Vampires
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Groom - The Vampire: A New History - 978-0300254839
Barber - Vampires, Burial, and Death - 978-0300164817
Sturm & Völker - Von denen Vampiren - 978-3518387818
Calmet - Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires - 978-1533145680
Vermeir - Vampires as Creatures of the Imagination
Rohr - Dissertatio Historico-Philosophica De Masticatione Mortuorum - www.google.com/books/edition/...
Ranft - Diss. prior hist. crit. de masticatione mortuorum in tumulis
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is it Anne Rice to blame for making Vampires into sexy/rapish things? i always understood the Bram Stoker stuff as "murder mystery" in nature, but by the time of Twilight its pretty cleary sexied up 👀
Hey would you be interested in analysing Santa Muerte worship and its relationship with catholocism and her growing relation with the occult
Have you listened to The Histocrat's Mythillogical podcast episode on Vampires? It's really quite good, but you definitely managed to unearth some references and sources even they had passed over and brought them to a state of undeath for us! Wonderful stuff, between their old episode and you and Filip's episodes there is a bloody delicious feast of vampiric education!
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You DO understand the difference between Hollywood and occult legend vampires, right?
The fact that this folklore had existed for centuries and, as you said, possibly a millennium before the first written records is so often overlooked but very meaningful.
Meaningful in what way?
@@rainbowkrampus Because it shows that the origins are almost certainly even more complicated than what we know and lots was probably lost and changed before the records even started. That "lots" could put the way we understand the whole concept into a different light and completely change the way we understand it.
@@sabrinagranger5468we already know a few stories in various mythologies are millennia old. Some are theorized even older. Comparative mythology is wild for this. Hell, one is potentially 20, maybe 30 thousand years old and the reason for that estimate is because it’s a story you see in both indo European and Native American mythos, meaning it potentially goes back to their last common ancestor
I feel like things that have always existed are kind of just real in some way. They are recurring, which means they have a spirit atleast.
This was a fascinating video, especially to me because I'm from the Western Balkans. It's one of our few points of pride, the fact that the word "vampire" is the only word that comes from our language that is used world-wide (that language being what we called Serbo-Croatian in Yugoslavia, but now has no common name as 4 countries all claim that their dialect is a different language). The actual word, "vampir" doesn't really have a clear etymology here, but is definitely related to the old word for "bat". The word for bat used to be "netopir" ("pir" coming from the verb "piriti", which essentially means "to glide", and "neto" possibly coming from the Proto-Slavic word for "night", so a night-glider), but after the Ottoman period was replaced with "šišmiš" ("šiš" being the Turkish word for the attic, and "miš" meaning mouse, because after all what is a bat if not a rat from above). Variations of the word "netopir" are still used to mean "bat" in Slovene and Czech languages today.
Another etymology goes back to an Albanian dialect (which itself is a remnant of the old Ilyrian languages, tying it back to the Western Balkans), and their word "dhampir". "Dham" means "tooth" and "pir" means "drink", so it would be a creature that drinks through its teeth.
Another interesting tidbit comes from a Russian variant of the Vampire myth, known as the Wurdalak. It is a typical vampire, just with the caveat that a wurdalak must convert his entire family after his own conversion. But the name comes from "vukodlak", which is the Western Balkan word for "werewolf" ("vuk" means "wolf", and "dlaka" means "hair" or "fur"). The early myths of vampire and werewolves have a common origin. Even in Stoker's "Dracula", the count can transform into a wolf, a bat, and mist.
One thing that I though was interesting about this video is that there was no mention of Sava Sevanović, who in these parts is usually referred to as "the first vampire". His story is a little older than those of Petar Blagojević and Pavle Arnaut (referred to as Peter Plogojowitz and Arnold Paole in this video), but more recent than Jure Grando's. Not much is really known about Sava, it's mostly his name that people know now, but I would recommend to everyone to check out the movie "Leptirica". It is the first horror film made in Yugoslavia, adapted from the book "After Ninety Years" by Milovan Glišić. It's a story about Sava's attacks long after his death, and the vampire's form is more reminiscent of a werewolf (tying back into that piece of trivia). It's not a great film by any means, but it is the only real vampire film made in the region from where the myth supposedly originates, and is thus an important piece of vampiric history.
Thank you!!!
thank you for sharing such interesting information! much love :}
Such interesting bits of history on this channel and in the comments.
po čajkanoviću 'vampir' je etimološki vezan za riječ 'leptir'. međutim ako se pogledaju 'netopir' i 'leptir' čini se i da su ta dva pojma povezana, u vukovom riječniku 'metopir' je leptir
Early History channel documentary, found on VHS.. reference, forgive me please,, Stree-Go... how all or most, folklore birthed from this, cursed afterlife.. this history has always fascinated me.. thank you.. for any and all help with understanding.. cheers from Southern California
I had never thought of the theological issue of raising the undead as a violation of the Divine power of resurrection. Thank you for your work, I always find it very fascinating and educational.
The reality of prematurely buried people waking up and having no choice but to eat their own limbs to survive is more horrifying than any monster I can think of
Wouldn't they suffocate and die of thirst long before it came to that?
There is no such thing as having to eat your own limbs to survive. Unless your limb has already been removed for some other reason, eating your own limb is vastly less efficient than your body is at managing starvation itself by strategically recycling/consuming fat, then muscle slowly, and where it can be missed most. Not to mention the trauma removing body parts will inflict on the body and the energy spent dealing with that and the resulting wound. You will only die faster.
That's not to say starvation is not horrible but it will not come to hacking off your own limbs to eat.
Now to the reports of people eating parts of themselves in graves. I suppose it doesn't actually have to work for you to think you should try this...and I imagine you could go quite mad in such a situation. But I agree that you would suffocate long before it came to any of this. The very highest estimates for how long you could breathe in even a large coffin are on the order of 36 hours and some say it'd be more like one hour or less. If you are dying from starvation within less than 2/3 days(including before burial i guess) you were already deep into starvation.
@@ZTanMURReneRs you mentioned it towards the end but I was going to say: it's likely they would've lost their mind. Sure, 36 hours doesn't seem like a sufficient timeline for madness but imagine you're a devout christian peasant with a firm belief in heaven, hell, demons etc. Then imagine you wake up in complete darkness with no sound and barely able to move, completely alone. That is a hell in and of itself but from the perspective of the buried it must seem like they are literally in a hell that's even worse than they had imagined or been taught about. After a certain point they wouldn't have much reason to believe they're actually alive. Isolation in that kind of darkness and silence, the fear and dread combined with their own beliefs, and a lack of oxygen: I think delirium and insanity would set in rather quickly.
In last few years,archeologists found vampire burials in Poland.
Fantastic work, Dr Sledge. Thank you for continuing such divine scholarship to the masses, even despite the tragic recents events in your Detroit religious community. I hope for justice to arrive soon.
excellent comment and i can only agree
Yes. Truly terrible. I hope you are all safe, and have no more of that. 🙏♥️✌️
Divine scholarship for the masses. A only LP vinyl, double record rock symphony. What a great title.
"Everybody had a vampire in this fight" makes me imagine a Pokemon-like tournament where every ideological current sends it's vampire to fight for supremacy
Will there be a vampire training montage?
the livestock becoming infected with vampirism after vampires feed on them and then going on to infect the humans that eat the livestock is SUCH a cool idea idk why ive never seen this in vampire fiction before, esp since vampires feeding on livestock is already a thing in some vampire fiction.
im guessing this idea came from people becoming sick and dying after eating meat from livestock that was infected with anthrax or some other disease (especially since the dead animals that died from anthrax are often found with blood in their mouth)
I learned a lot about vampires in a class I took all about the “monstrous other” and it was really fascinating to see the development of their lore over time. Thank you again Dr. Sledge!
Dr Sledge, thank you so much for your work. It’s inspirational for someone like myself who wants to pursue a PhD in the Humanities. I love Academia.
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I was dozing off as I listened, at at 29:08 when you said "Andy are you watching this" I got a terrible shock and sat bolt upright, wide awake. As in my semi sleeping state I thought you where talking to me.....
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Greetings from the original land of the vampires, Serbia. Great video :)
Great episode Dr. Sledge. A note on Serbian and Croatian vampires is that they are deeply rooted in concepts of the living soul (dusha) and the corporeal soul (duh), and are connected to disease and community unrest. The umpyre (one who flies) is formless and seeks form. It is the remanent of the Duh of a corpse that was improperly buried or decomposed (especially on battlefields) that roams the land as a mist looking to regain form, often inhabiting and feeding off of rats, fleas, ticks, flies, and mosquitos. If it finds a cemetery, it will infect a fresh corpse and feed off of it, but also use it to project into the village, to hunt for human and animal hosts. If there is domestic unrest or violence, the umpyre will zero in on that home and exasperate the situation, opening up the family and village as a whole to psychological stress and sickness, which makes it easier for it to feed. The umpyre is the plague bringer and signals worse things to come. The Arnold Paole incidents occurred at a time of great social stress due to a TB epidemic that was raging and the occupation of the Astro-Hungarians.
The bald eagle (a.k.a. proto vulture) is an umpyrealist symbol. Duh! 😆
Given the quality of your comment, I’m certain autocorrect gave us “Astro-Hungarians” here.
I have to stifle a giggle upon spacefaring Hungarian bloodsuckers being presented for our consideration. 😂😂😂
I just wanted to say thank you for the wealth of wisdom you have dispensed here over the years, its like discovering an unburnt part of the library of alexandria
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There is an ottoman traveller named Evliya Celebi, in his Seyehatname he accounts he met with an ottoman government hired team of vampire hunters called Obur Avcıları(glutton hunters) and with them he saw 2 tribes of abkhaz and circassian vampires/witches battling each other, the battle taking place in air, this vampires flying on top of household objects and tree branches. The mentioned text is in 7th book.
Dr Sledge, I wanted to tell you that your channel is my favorite out of 100 or so that I have subscribed.
Right as I’m researching about “vampires” and you so happen to upload at that exact time. Coincidental yet Bizarre. Thankyou again! And I love the sarcasm and humor when you discuss these topics 😂
Excellllent.
The idea of this vampire craze arising in changing times, being something of an early challenge for the Enlightenment and a last hurrah for older esoteric modes of thought, was really fascinating to me. The old world was dying. The new world struggled to be born. Then, curiously enough, was the time of vampires.
Absolutely watching right now to distract my anxiety from Gaza, but damn this is an amazing episode
Thank you so much ❤
Great to hear from you V! And yes, what a nightmare in Gaza.
I was waiting for you to upload. Great work Dr. Sledge.
Hi from Serbia
Another fascinating discussion, thank you, Justin.
My college teacher put me onto your channel. Thanks Dr. Coleman!
Thanks, Dr. Sledge! This one was a lot of fun!
Very good illustration pictures. I'd really appreciate a list of referenced images in every episode.
Great episode. I really respect you and your work.
Great work, Dr Sledge 👏 thanks for all you do!
Am glad that you and Filip give each other shout outs. I very much enjoy both of your channels. ❤
the respect and camaraderie in this sphere of youtube is so refreshing. the way you linked filip’s video before your own patreon in the description genuinely made me tear up
While I appreciate your positive attitude, I have also witnessed much systemic cynicism, and this could possibly also be labeled cross-promotion.
Besides, if he doesn't intend to get into the topic because someone else is already pleasing the algorithm with it, why not give them credit?
A favorite topic for all your video does every bit of justice to the topic in perfect acumen. One of the best shows yet overall. Hands down.
I appreciate your respect for all the subjects you discuss on your channel.
I have learned so much from your channel, and I've been studying the occult for 25+ years.
I've purchased several books you have suggested.
Thank you so much for this video Dr Sledge. I have watched the entire original "Dark Shadows" through 3 ,times. Your video tied up several loose ends concerning this "affliction"
Excellent videos recently Justin!
Fascinating, as always!
I’m a firm believer that folk of the vampires was born in Maya regions. The half man half bat Camazotz was talked about in Spanish Catholic circles in the 1500s. The camazotz play a critical role in the mythology of the Popol Vuh as the Xibalba brothers defeat them. They are camazotz statues all over Mexico and Guatemala. There are underground temples where they were worshipped. There are even days in the maya calendar attributed to them. Thanks for the episode. Cheers. ❤
the more i learn about things like "Spanish Catholicism circles in the 1500s" the more i learn how deep the crazy-esoteric-occult stuff is. its not at all the concise and pure "conservative Catholicism" that it is very easy to assume it is. things are just so much more complicated
@@beepboop204When you forcibly convert people as occurred at the time of the spanish inquisition, prior to which Spain was trireligious (Roman catholics, Jews and Muslim) as well as other african and celtic beliefs that persisted you are going to have other substratum of belief. Spain was a major trading area at that time with traders coming from all regions of the mediterranean and north and west Africa. In Mexico there was a substratum of friday night jews, people who celebrated shabbath and then went to the church.
I severely question how those beliefs could have spread to the whole of the rest of the world (as even Russia has their vampires) in the very brief period you mention. I think you're confusing today's spread of information with what would have happened in the 1600s. Also, all the European, Greek and Russian traditions (not counting the Chinese and other Oriental peoples) would not have the deep hold they have in their cultures in a mere 300 years.
@@alexandresobreiramartins9461 I see your point. Still the first mention of half man half bat creatures was with the Maya. Sahagun speaks about the cult of the bat creatures. And the Spanish Catholics loved weird messed up stories like we do today. Also the Catholics were always traveling in missionary missions and transferring. My uncle is a priest and he travels everywhere. This the way of Catholic friars and priests. The Spanish or new Spain stories would have easily traveled all over the world very rapidly.
Vampires aren't bats or much associated with them until Universal Studios started doing crossovers and needed the Wolfman and Dracula to be harder to confuse. Blood drinking owls and nightjars are a feature of Roman literature long predating European-Mayan interactions. But I guess youtube comment sections need JoJo references. @@jbaquinones
Filip @Let's Talk Religion really does have an amazing channel, so cool to see you give him a shout out. You are my 2 favorite youtubers who cover religious/spiritual topics from an academic perspective.
Tysm Doctor I'm so enthralled you made this episode
Absolutely charming episode! I always love taking a break from your channel and coming back full force, tis bliss and bestest. :)
What a great spooky topic! I definitely enjoyed this!
You always dig deep. Much like a vampire hunter…. Great video as always 🧛♀️🧛🧛♂️
Huge vampire fan myself, so seeing you do a video on them is a dream come true
I am a new subscriber, and I immediately liked this video when you said "God forbid... the Twilight series" 😂 but I watched the whole video and loved it, so if I could like it twice I would!❤
There's definitely some overlap between this and alchemy.
The 4 stages of alchemy and undeath.
The aspect of gold and silver.
The green/red lion devouring the Sun.
The associations of immortality and the Philosopher's Stone. (and the myth of the immortal alchemist-also the Holy Grail associated with immortality through drinking and gold)
Maybe these aspects of vampiric folklore originate from these Paracelsians?
Or maybe they just took interest because it already existed.
Carl Theodor Dreyer's movie Vampyr is one of the few that showcase the Vampire figure in its earlier historical incarnation, back when it still wasn't entirely separate from the figure of the Witch. While that movie's been analyzed cinematographically for closed to a century by now, it might be interesting to analyze it from a purely esoteric point of view.
I truly enjoy listening to your videos. Thank you for sharing this wisdom.
Hey Doc....I just purchased one of your long sleeved Sigilum Dei Aemeth shirts (I hope it's good cotton) and a couple of stickers for my chopper.. I don't usually put stickers on her..however... I'll be showing these off... I just wanted to say how much I love your channel and have been watching for a long time.. I apologise for not being able to support your work more.. you do deserve it that for sure..but ..you know..moneys tight for dummies like me.. Your work certainly expands my knowledge and..well....cheers ... I love your work....alot.
Many thanks!
Oh my gosh, can't wait to finish work so I can watch this!
Another excellent episode! :)
I share your allergy for the sparkly vampires...when so many people have heard that I studied werewolves academically and wrote my dissertation and subsequent book largely on them, the immediate reaction has often been, "Oh, I bet you love the Twilight books, then," and not asked sarcastically. I have purposefully taken to replying with "Sorry, I don't do sparkly werewolves," and the inevitable response is always "The werewolves don't sparkle!" and it amazes me just how consistent that reaction is.
My parents were married before my elder brother's birth...but that doesn't mean I'm not more than a bit of a bastard.
I think the Twilight series captured the imagination of Gen Y2K for the same reason Bram Stoker's version of vampire as a sophisticated, foreign, noble Count captured 17th century audiences.
@@juniorjames7076 While I'm certain your basic premise is sound (i.e. that the popular vampires of an era appeal to certain cultural trends, preferences, interests, etc.), I have to question what needs, interests, or cultural trends necessitate a vampire who is centuries old going to high school and stalking young women fulfills...?!?
@phillipbernhardt-house6907 Hey, Bram Stokers' Dracula was over several centuries years old, and his victims were basically teens (Mina Harker, 18? Lucy, 19!). Vampire lore, whether 18th century or 21st Century is about SEX. A foreign/alien presence seducing (our) local,(virgin) women. It's the same story, and we are the same audience.
There's that. :-) I reread Dracula in my forties and was amazed at the new technology Van Helsing utilitizes. It was a totally different read.
Bro how many people work on this channel? My dude stays cranking out that spooky goodness
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@@TheEsotericaChannel So you are sometimes referring to yourself as "we". … Interesting. 🤔😜
That's just referring to the community of scholars
@@TheEsotericaChannel Ah, audience-involving speech. Makes sense.
Just finished the live feed from let's talk religion, two outstanding channels
Wow this was tons of fun to listen to. Wish I could spend my life researching socio-historical/religious/philosophical topics like this.
Great essay!
😮WOW!!! Super educated video!❤ excellent job!!!
Warning: it gets pretty spooky for a few seconds @7:20 I wasn't ready for a spookening of that magnitude.
-- Also, thank you for the continued great content 🖤
One of my professors before I graduated specialized in the Witch Hunts... I might send her a message about what you said re: the sociological link between vampires and witches. Interesting!
Another fantastic video and one that covers a topic that I'm very fond of. On a separate note, I have to ask you, Dr. Sledge. When will the third installment of your Lilith series come out? That's something I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing and I hope you plan on still making it.
It seems like the vampirism was “the thing” in 18th c. like (on the example) the alien abduction is today: people have some weird experiences (a lot of people!) but they don’t fit into accepted form of logic/paradigm… nevertheles there’re people who don’t discredit such events as lunacy or something jet they write papers on it.
Very informative. Thank you.
Fascinating. Thank you.
The idea of vampires draining levels seems to be Late Modern.
A big congrats to you for nearly 500K subs, hard to imagine anyone getting that youtube famous without try on hauls haha :)
Thank you for this. 🐍⭐️
It's interesting that you note both the apparent carry-over from the witch craze to the vampire craze while also noting that Protestants looked down on the Catholics and Eastern Orthodox for their fear of vampires when Protestants had wholeheartedly engaged in witch trials. Do you think it was any sort of self-reflection as the Enlightenment took hold, or more just a case of "I may believe in witches, but at least I don't believe in vampires like those weirdos"?
Awesome as usual... a fascinating topic.
I find it amusing that there was confusion as to how the wandering, but spectral dead could get the fresh blood back to their corporeal, grave-bound body. It's like believing that it just happens is a bridge too far.
'Creepy little weird way' is an excellent description of how Montague Summers wrote about things.
I'm actually writing about Vampires and religion, mysticism, and the occult do have a big impact on it. I always wanted to write a Vampire story but didn't know how. Until I read the Necroscope books by Brian Lumley and his Vampires were the scariest I ever read in fiction. So I decided to begin writing a novel and took all my inspirations from vampire fiction and media that I liked in the '90s and learning about religion, and folklore. I sought an aim to combine gothic horror and mix it with Cosmic Horror for Lovecraft fans, and Apocalyptic horror found in religious eschatology and other genres of horror. By combining various genres of fiction I finally started crafting a story set in a post-apocalyptic world where Vampires and Lovecraftian Cosmic Horrors exist, and the Vampires that I have written are very unique. They come in various clans with their own unique looks, styles, and even languages. Where each Vampire bloodline has a language that is otherworldly and is physically incapable of Human vocal chords to pronounce let alone understand.
would love to read it! Currently writing a fantasy including unique monsters with an emphasis on how they would function within a well visualized world system. Very much a pet project in its infancy, but it has led me to read others interpretations of the monstrous and into the world of mythology as well! Much Love and I hope u are well hydrated!
Fantastic theme Dr Sledge! I don't believe in vampires personally, but the folklore is fascinating. Heading over to Phillip's channel next 🖤
I never thought I'd hear about Jure Grando from one of your videos, it's a legend from my part of the woods (the town where this allegedly happened, Kringa, is about an hour away from where I live)
Thank you Professor
Just in time for another banger! 😎
This week’s black metal band name: Death Erection
Brian Lumley Necroscope series :) Love it, love Esoterica!
I remember a documentary series I was obsessed with like 12-15 years ago. It was narrated by Anthony Head and one episode was about Vampires and judging on the information I now am reminded of in this video, it was a very accurate documentary. I think it was called „Horror Mysteries“ or something
This is going to be a good one.
I’m really pumped for this one.
Outstanding. Thanks.
A fascinating episode. ❤ 40 minutes felt like 10. The names & forms humans have given to the Other over the ages, and what the various monsters say about the cultures around them, are fascinating. I find the idea that the witch was exchanged for the vampire particularly interesting. What relation, if any, is there to tales of werewolves, their trials & hunts?
Thanks!
Nice hearing the shout out to Atun Shei!
After having read Vermeir's article before, I could recognise some of his arguments in this particular video. Such a great article from a great scholar on the early modern imagination. Have a nice halloween!
Love the use of the Joseph Wright painting, which I have seen.
Thanks
Those titles just rolled off your tongue. Cool dude.
Looking forward to watching this in between writing up Vampire the Masquerade RP
You have to do the American vampire scares of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Reminds me of the pre-colonial vampiric or vampiric esque creatures of Pilipino/Malay/Indonesian mythology of the Pennangal/Manannagal/Aswang, as well as Mandurugo.
Even belief in Aswang have some parallels with Berserkers wearing animal skins or the Ye Nadloshi for the Dine. Used to help transform. How some scholars in Academia in the Philippines go over that some of the Aswang were actually shock troops during pre-colonial times and was essentially just made “evil” or purely malevolent by the Spanish authorities.
Damn man. That’s a lot of cross commonality!
Re: the connection btwn witches and vampires: one of the more popular derivations for "vampire" ties it back to a Tartar word for witch(and I seem to recall stumbling on another which ties it to warlock, tho I can't find it now |:T), so you're probably onto something there. Related: vrykolakas of course originally meant something like "werewolf", which in itself has a bit of a connection to the concept of a "warlock" since becoming a vrykolakas was considered to be the result of living a particularly sacrilegious life.
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I imagine that is what Adam said, too. 😆
The first thing that comes to mind before even watching the video is not Romania, but Serbia, or more specifically northern Serbia which at the time was part of Hungary and above that Austria-Hungary.
Not modern northern Serbia/Vojvodina which was traditionally Hungarian but Braničevo and Rasina which were annexed by Austria along with the rest of the Ottoman Belgrade province between 1718 and 1739 during the Peter Blagowitz and Alnold Paole cases. Vojvodina also came fully under Habsburg control at the same time but wasn't retaken 20 years latter like Belgrade. The Belgrade province would become independent as the Principality of Serbia at the start of the 19th century.
@@AC-dk4fp Well I guess I was wrong anyway. It wasn't Serbia but Croatia after all. The Serbian case is kind of more famous due to Austrian military doctors
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I would like to know where the book of the Dead is ?
Thought I watched it here before.
Anyway I'm waiting for my rent rebate check, and I plan to support You by purchasing some of The Cool Merch. 🦉
Thanks Again.
The translations of certain vampire myths and the creature transformation being more werewolf-like has always reminded me of the story of Nebuchadnezzar being turned into a beast. That has to be one of the oldest stories of a transformation like this and has the same connotations of gaining unnatural power through blaspheming God, albeit different in that God changed him as opposed to gaining that power from another being as payment for blaspheming God or rejecting God.
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Another fine video thank you so much! BTW you might be interested in the Irish vampire origins - the story of Abhartach/Avartagh (a legend from county Donegal) collected in 1875's 'The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places' (by Patrick Weston Joyce) although the story is of unknown age. It references either legendary Fionn MacCumhail or Druids, both indicating a possible pre-Christian origin. I mention it in my own book ('Samhain: the Roots of Halloween', published by The History Press) and a version of the story is found in 'The Anthology of Irish Folk Tales', also published by The History Press.
Thank you.
Right as I’m researching about “vampires” and you so happen to upload at that exact time. Probably Coincidental yet Bizarre. Thankyou again! Excellent video
And I found good use for a Buffy caption pic today as I was watching this video.
22:33 "damn sparkling..." excellent haha
Need to read some.... I agree
Bloody excellent video. I have a copy of Barber: I think it has just the right amount of gore for the task.
Very very interesting!
There's this minor cognitive glitch I have, where I half expect your intro to go differently, because the outro for Journey to the Microcosmos goes "Thank you for coming in this journey with us, as we explore the hidden world that surrounds us." It's not just the words; they have a similar vibe too.
Anyway, back to the Vampires...