The Revenants: Part Two - VAMPIRES in Fantasy

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the conclusion of my Halloween series on the folklore of vampires, I explore the origin and evolution of the legend from folklore to fiction and on to modern myth, looking at the changing appearance of the vampire, conceptions of its abilities and attributes, and different ideas about how they are made and how they are its weaknesses warded off and killed. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other background music is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). His tracks include "Remedy for Melancholy," "daedalus," and "Cold War Echo." Additional Music: "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.4	True spies from Spyscape Studios, wherever you get your podcasts. In 1897, the quintessential treatment of the vampire legend was published.
1:32.2	Bram Stoker's Dracula, an epistolary novel that owed much to John Polidori's and Lord
1:39.1	Byron's first vampire tale, in that again, the vampire is depicted as an aristocrat, living in a castle,
1:48.0	who once more preys upon women with a dark charm and sensual allure.
1:53.0	However, Stoker's Vampire is an entirely new creation, a bringing forth of the modern legend in its entirety, fully formed,
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