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Transylvanian Superstitions
Emily Gerard
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The exact hour of noon is precarious on account of the evil spirit Pripolniza,[3] and so is midnight because of the miase nópte (night spirit), and it is safer to remain within doors at these hours. If, however, some misguided peasant does happen to leave his home at midnight, and espies (as very likely he may) a flaming dragon in the sky, he need not necessarily give himself up as lost, for if he have the presence of mind to stick a fork into the ground alongside of him, the fiery monster will thereby be prevented from carrying him off.
The finger which ventures to point at a rainbow will be straightway seized by a gnawing disease, and a rainbow appearing in December is always considered to bode misfortune.
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Dracula Haftası
kapsamında,
Dracula İncelemesi
hazırlamak için kullandığım kaynaklardan bir diğeri Emily Gerard’ın, Transilvanya Batıl İnançları kitabıydı(?)
1849 doğumlu, İskoç bir kadın Emily Gerard. 15 yaşına kadar evde eğitim görmüş, ardından Riedenburg’daki (Avusturya) Sacré Coeur manast
Bir kaynak kitap olarak yazılan bu eser kurgu dışı olarak karşımıza çıksa da en az bir roman kadar hayal dünyamızı ateşleyecek içeriğe sahip bence. Yazımını biraz daha “kaynak kitap” formunda görmeyi ummakla beraber son derece beğendiğim bir okuma oldu.
Transilvanya ve civarının batıl inanç bakımında
I gave it 4 stars due to formatting: 2 chapters that don't have distinct demarcations or subtitles.
One has to read with an open mind for this a book of superstitions
Content: Bram Stoker was definitely inspired by this book. Those who did not understand the "Blue Flame" in "Dracula" will be informed
The book that started it all!
The essays in here were the ones that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula. As with most authors, he took fairly extreme artistic license with the source material. Most descriptions of vampires describe them as being ruddy faced, not pale. There’s no mention of turning