Vampire as a metaphor

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Jovanović, B. G. (2004). Vampire as a metaphor, (52), 227-233. Retrieved from http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-08610452227J
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Title

Vampire as a metaphor

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Author

Bojan, G, Jovanović

Journal

Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU

Volume
Issue

52

Start page

227

End page

233

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URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-08610452227J

Date

2004-2020/03/05/22:24:52

Abstract

A vampire, as a demonized deceased human, is used as a specific metaphor to explain unknown sources of various troubles in a community. A malicious deceased one is a mythical creature and as such is to blame for the existing troubles in a community; the creature, in turn, becomes a subject i.e., a victim in a ritual performed to avert the difficulties, so that the community in question could return to its daily life. A myth revival establishes diagnosis and appropriate therapy for the crisis solving. On the other hand, during the next crisis a vampire as a part of the mythical and ritual pattern becomes a troublemaker again.

Keywords

death, myth, danger, deceased, demon, epidemic, fear, illness, night