things are remembered differently
@Richard_Kadrey @sethanikeem @jwomack Given the obsessive nature of most Slavic vampires, they would haunt their Wiki pages correcting every inaccuracy.
Given the obsessive nature of most Slavic vampires, they would haunt their Wiki pages correcting every inaccuracy.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@Richard_Kadrey @sethanikeem @jwomack Somewhere in the back of my mind, the disturbing thought that Van Helsing murdered his wife and used vampirism as the excuse …
Somewhere in the back of my mind, the disturbing thought that Van Helsing murdered his wife and used vampirism as the excuse …
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@Richard_Kadrey @sethanikeem @jwomack And being given Papal medals as reward. Insinuating himself with the relevant investigators in every country in true serial killer style.
And being given Papal medals as reward. Insinuating himself with the relevant investigators in every country in true serial killer style.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@Richard_Kadrey @TheAuthorGuy @sethanikeem @jwomack Û÷While I have respect for Christ as a prophet, my repulsion is over-stated. At best a flinch of distaste at his religious extremism and the lingering stench of garlic.Ûª
‘While I have respect for Christ as a prophet, my repulsion is over-stated. At best a flinch of distaste at his religious extremism and the lingering stench of garlic.’
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@Richard_Kadrey @sethanikeem @TheAuthorGuy @jwomack The inevitable accretion of immortality should not be discounted.
The inevitable accretion of immortality should not be discounted.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@sethanikeem @Richard_Kadrey @TheAuthorGuy @jwomack I am rather fond of the story of King John, when shunned by the Pope, sending an embassy to the Sultan to investigate converting to Islam. Not surprisingly, it is not overly dwelled upon in many histories. Rulers often raised religious pragmatism to a high art.
I am rather fond of the story of King John, when shunned by the Pope, sending an embassy to the Sultan to investigate converting to Islam. Not surprisingly, it is not overly dwelled upon in many histories. Rulers often raised religious pragmatism to a high art.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@sethanikeem @Richard_Kadrey @TheAuthorGuy @jwomack During my time in the former Yugoslavia during the Wars of Dissolution, I spent much of my spare time recording oral vampire folklore in Serbia and Croatia. The bleed between Ottoman, Christian and pre-Christian culture in the lore was wonderfully obvious when on the ground.
During my time in the former Yugoslavia during the Wars of Dissolution, I spent much of my spare time recording oral vampire folklore in Serbia and Croatia. The bleed between Ottoman, Christian and pre-Christian culture in the lore was wonderfully obvious when on the ground.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@sethanikeem @Richard_Kadrey @TheAuthorGuy @jwomack Battle not with assassins lest you become like assassins with the strange rumours of head-based initiation trickery …
Battle not with assassins lest you become like assassins with the strange rumours of head-based initiation trickery …
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@sethanikeem @Richard_Kadrey @TheAuthorGuy @jwomack On the ground, so much of the sourcing folklore is also about the vampire not as animated corpse, but as spirit, complete with villages having a vampire hunter who sits at the crossroads and sends out his own spirit to chase the vampire away.
On the ground, so much of the sourcing folklore is also about the vampire not as animated corpse, but as spirit, complete with villages having a vampire hunter who sits at the crossroads and sends out his own spirit to chase the vampire away.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019
@sethanikeem @Richard_Kadrey @TheAuthorGuy @jwomack The underlying Û÷shamanicÛª aspects (e.g. village protectors turning themselves/their spirits into Û÷flaming wheelsÛª to pursue vampires along the roads) were still strong in 1991.
The underlying ‘shamanic’ aspects (e.g. village protectors turning themselves/their spirits into ‘flaming wheels’ to pursue vampires along the roads) were still strong in 1991.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 1, 2019