SLAVIC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Young Widows, Good And Evil, Crop Yield
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Male vampires come back for sex b) very young (babies and children) i) Blood is taking of life four centuries i) Looking at pregnant women turns unborn baby into a vampire iv. a) Having sex with their widows and unmarried women. Widow withers away after having sex with vampire a) Death is connected to dryness - vampires dry you up. Vampires come after women who can procreate a) Young widows are able to remarry - but if she"s drying up she won"t be marriable. Visits from a vampire destroys family honor i) Either he did something wrong in life or you did something wrong in burying him c) Become vampire hunters - advantageous - doesn"t need to unbury dead bodies a) b) c) The sex is unpleasable and frightening, afraid to mention it because vampire may hurt her. Makes her less good as a marketable bride and it hurts the family. Comes back to house and destroys household items i)