VAMPIRES

[William Ryan]

Actually an oboreten' is a were-animal of any kind, not just a wolf. And 
the association between shape-shifting and vampires is close in that a 
ved'ma or koldun could be a were-animal while alive and a vampire after 
death (unless staked down in the grave, or buried with his head removed 
and place between his knees, and the burial place sprinkled with poppy 
seed).
If terms for revenant without specific vampiric overtones are required, 
then khodiachii mertvets, brodiachii mertvets and zhivoi mertvets are 
all in use in horror stories and films.
Will

On 28/12/2010 23:20, Lewis B. Sckolnick wrote:
>  That is a nice circle but Oboroten is werewolf!
>

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