The Soul, Evil Spirits, and the Undead
| Autor: | Sara Libby Robinson, Saul Epstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural. 1:232-251 |
| ISSN: | 2161-2188 2161-2196 |
| DOI: | 10.5325/preternature.1.2.0232 |
| Popis: | When discussing Jewish burial laws, Radbaz, a sixteenth-century rabbi, quotes a story about a dead woman possessed by a vampire-like demon, causing hundreds of deaths. The story attributes the woman's transformation to the fact that her corpse had remained unburied for three days—violating statutes that require standing vigil over a dead body and then burying it as soon as possible. While this story conforms to the well-known tropes of epidemiology and social marginalization found in the scholarship of vampire folklore, it also underscores the importance of adhering to Jewish burial laws, and stresses society's collective responsibility in caring for all people. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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