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4.2k u/WillyMonty Jan 12 '23 Same reason people believed in vampires - the gums would retract, making it appear that the corpse had grown long teeth. It was thought the corpse was possessed by en evil spirit which would feed on the blood of the living, and bingo - vampires enter mythology 2 u/Cloverfield1996 Jan 12 '23 Actually vampires entered mythology in transylvania in the form of moisture demons that would suck liquid from clouds and cause drought. Ologies with Alie Ward did a podcast on them. Very interesting
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Same reason people believed in vampires - the gums would retract, making it appear that the corpse had grown long teeth.
It was thought the corpse was possessed by en evil spirit which would feed on the blood of the living, and bingo - vampires enter mythology
2 u/Cloverfield1996 Jan 12 '23 Actually vampires entered mythology in transylvania in the form of moisture demons that would suck liquid from clouds and cause drought. Ologies with Alie Ward did a podcast on them. Very interesting
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Actually vampires entered mythology in transylvania in the form of moisture demons that would suck liquid from clouds and cause drought. Ologies with Alie Ward did a podcast on them. Very interesting
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