delirium clemens

A recent ABC story starts: “For the people in a tiny Serbian village there is nothing sexy or romantic about a vampire. In fact, they are terrified that one of the most feared vampires of the area has been roused back to life. Rather than ‘Twilight’s’ Edward, the people of Zorazje fear that Sava Savanovic is lurking in their forested mountains of western Serbia.” >full text

Image: Sava Savanovic the vampire, of Serbian folklore (story & illustration (c) ABC, 2012).

Soon there was another vampire story available on a blog….

As we know, vampires easily go viral. And after too much Twilight fiction, why wouldn’t they come back to their country of origin, Serbia, almost 300 years after their first media-recorded emergence in 1725–1732 – to reinforce existing Balkan stereotypes in a time of   war aftermath and crisis? (There is a very recommednable new book on the subject matter.)

Another related article (c) IRISH INDEPENDENT, 2012

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