{"product_id":"the-origins-of-vampires-9798295649172","title":"The Origins of Vampires","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Abraham Hemsley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Revitalized Occult and Strange\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Revitalized Occult and Strange\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Count is dead. The legend is eternal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForget the aristocratic allure of Count Dracula and the brooding romance of modern fiction. The true vampire archetype is older, darker, and more terrifying than any novel has dared to suggest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking anthropological study, Abraham Hemsley strips away the literary embellishments to unearth the primal fears that gave birth to humanity's most enduring monster. From the child-devouring demons of ancient Mesopotamia and the spectral entities of Greek myth to the bloated, visceral revenants of 18th-century Eastern European panics, this book traces a universal human response to the terrifying mysteries of life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Egyptian god of chaos, Apep, and the Babylonian demon Lamashtu foreshadowed the vampire's insatiable hunger for life force.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stark difference between the sophisticated, literary vampire and the folkloric creature, often a physical manifestation of disease, famine, and misinterpreted decomposition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 18th-century investigations in Serbian villages that catapulted a localized fear into a pan-European obsession.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the core 'vampiric archetype'-an entity that drains vital essence from the living-reflects humanity's struggle to make sense of mortality and the forces that seem to undermine life itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJourney beyond the castle to the shallow graves of the past, and confront the original, terrifying truth of the undead.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revitalized Occult and Strange","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592898363543,"sku":"9798295649172","price":1796.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798295649172.webp?v=1774979791","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-origins-of-vampires-9798295649172","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}