Russian folkloric references to reanimated corpses

[Dorian Juric]

but if I remember the Tolstoi story is set in Serbia (the father kills a Turkish warrior who is the original vampire). If it's in Afanas'ev though then it must have been there. I'd be curious to know which region his tale is from.

Dorian

> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:23:05 -0500
> From: toastormulch at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian folkloric references to reanimated corpses
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> Vurdolak is encountered in Afanas'ev' tales, in Pushkin. Also see Alexei
> Kostantinovich Tolstoy story Sem'ia Vurkodlaka/Vurdolaka. Revenants are also
> called in Russian Upyr' ili Nav'.
> On Dec 25, 2010 7:30 PM, "Dorian Juric" <dorian06 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> >> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
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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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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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