Vampire as a metaphor
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 v...
Main Author: | Jovanović Bojan G. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade
2004-01-01
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Series: | Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU |
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2004/0350-08610452227J.pdf |
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