Russian folkloric references to reanimated corpses

[Dorian Juric]

I thought that Vurdolak/Vukodlak is more of a South Slavic usage. I know that the term bleeds into the Ukraine, but I'm not sure that any sources site Vurdolak in Russia. I'll look through my Perkowski, Barber and Cajkanovic again, but I was quite certain that eretik was the most common usage in Russia.
 
Dorian Juric
 
> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:20:57 -0500
> From: toastormulch at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian folkloric references to reanimated corpses
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> Leigh,
> Such references exist, though they are not numerous. Russian world for the
> reanimated corpse is: vurdalak.
> In Russian skazki there are encoutered Vampires, also known as vurdalaki.
> See Jan Perkovskii book on the subject of Slavic Vampires The Darkling.
> Mark Yoffe
> On Dec 25, 2010 9:44 AM, "Leigh Kimmel" <leighkimmel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking for terms a Russian in the middle of the 20th century might
> use to refer to a reanimated corpse. I'm writing a story set in besieged
> Leningrad for a horror anthology, and I'm trying to avoid the term "zombie,"
> which is specifically Afro-Caribbean in etymology and cultural association.
> >
> > It doesn't necessarily have to be traditional or "high" folklore -- even
> the sort of stories kids use to scare each other spitless on a dark night
> would do just as well. The biggest thing is to try to get a term that
> doesn't jar the reader with associations of voodoo and the like.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
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