Urban Myths and the Truths Behind them What
Urban Myths and the Truths Behind them
What are myths? Why do we tell them? Myth: an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution and attempts to explain unexplained natural/unnatural occurrences. Examples: - werewolves, vampires, and other monsters - ghost stories - Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Boogie man, etc.
Vampires Region: WORLDWIDE In Eastern Europe, the vampire is said to have two hearts or two souls; because one heart or soul never dies, the vampire remains undead. In Malaysian folklore, the Penanggalan was a vampire whose head could separate from its body, with its entrails dangling from the base of its neck. The Pontianak was a female vampire that sucked the blood of newborn babies and sometimes that of young children or pregnant women. In the Caribbean, vampires known as Soucoyant in Trinidad and Tobago, Ol' Higue in Jamaica and Loogaroo in Grenada take the form of old women during the day, and at night shed their skin to become flying balls of flame who seek blood. They were said to be notoriously obsessive compulsive, and could be thwarted by sprinkling salt or rice at entrances, crossroads and near beds. The vampire would feel compelled to pick up every grain. They could also be killed by rubbing salt into their discarded skin, which would burn them upon returning to it before morning.
Vampires in America Today?
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