The color red is believed to protect against evil in many cultures. Red ribbons are worn as amulets to protect from vampires, evil spirits, evil eye, bewitchment, and other evil or demonic attacks.
Salvic lore believes the red corpse is a tall tale sign of them person tell tale sign of vamirism.
According to eastern European folklore a vampire’s blood is magically potent and very dangerous.
When vampires were exhumed to be staked or cut up, the living had to be extra careful not to get sprayed.
It was believed that the living would go insane or die instantly.
Vampire corpses were covered, before staking to protect the living. On lookers stood at a distance.
Vampire blood would be used as a charm or amulet, and as a curse.
A common belief was a vampire’s blood could heal. Vampire victims would cover themselves with a vampire’s blood or drink it. To be released from the curse.
Yes! Drink Vampire’s Blood.
According to accounts this remedy didn’t work. Those who tried this remedy only became vampires themselves.
Another way to cure vampirism is with ashes.
Considered as near magical and credited with supernatural powers.
The Aztecs called it “the gift from heaven” because it fell from the sky in meteor form.
Specialists were needed to remove iron from the ore and harden it. These specialists of Blacksmiths soon were thought of as magicians.
Iron is used to fight evil, keep fairies and demons away, in some case to keep vampires away. It was believed to ward off witches.
Blue
The Greeks believed blue repels vampires and other spirits.
They painted blue around doorways and windows to prevent vampires from entering their house.
Blue is also the most common color of the evil eye protection amulet.
Use this to protect against evil eye.
Today will talk about unibrows.
No, I’m not giving a beauty class.
Many cultures believe the person with the eyebrows that met in the middle were associated with deceit, bad-tempers, witchcraft, vampires.
Wow that’s a list!
The Greeks believed people with unibrows were vampires. Those in Germany, Iceland, and Denmark believed they were werewolves. A general consensus is unibrows brought bad luck, immortality, premature death, and violent tempers to those who have them.
Bulgarians believed children born on Saturdays and died before baptisim would rise from the grave nine days after burial.
The vampire revenant would be called istral or “lost heart”. The istral preys on life stock , killing five more a night, by drianing it of blood.
Only a vampirdzhija (a vampire hunter) can kill it.
I’m bringing this story up to refresh your memeory..
<a href="https://mariwells.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/the-blood-and-the-cauldron-part-2". The Blood and the Cauldron 2
Karen wrote The Blood and the Cauldron for our Vampire month. Do you remember Kate, the witch? Turns out our Dear Kate has some connections to our beloved Lochie Witches.
I”m bringing back The Blood and the Cauldron all three parts, and linking up some of Karen’s other Lochie witch stories so you’ll be ready for her newest installment going live here on 10-25-14
The Summoning This is where it all begins. I love this story.
The Potion Mistress I love this too, I love watching Evie grow in her skills.
Here’s the first installment of The Blood and the Cauldron, mostly about vampires, but keep a look out for Kate. The Blood and the Cauldron 1 Tomorrow and the next day will have part 2 and 3.
Karen’s coven isn’t all fiction, the Logie witches were real. You can read about them on Karen’s blog. Or you can read the series she did here on my blog last November here, and here, here, and here.
Make sure you check out her blogtoo
In Guinea, Africa, there’s a vampire spirit called Ovengua (pronounced Ov-in-way).
When an evil sorcerer dies his bones begin to escape from his grave. One bone at a time they gather in a secret location. When all the bones are together the skeleton will realign and become an Ovengua, the only difference is it has hooks for hands.
This vampire skeleton hides during the daylight hours, and hunts at night, attacking lone travelers. Not to drink blood but to process the body.
If it wins the fight to control the traveler’s body, it will kill the traveler and reanimate the body as its own.
The Ovengua can’t be killed on its own. It must pocesses a body and both body and Ovengua will be killed and burned to ash.
The Upiora is another strange Vampire (no milk drinking this time), but he does DRINK a lot of protein more than the normal vampire.
This Polish vampire looks like a large man.
Christopher Lee as Dracula
Attacking its victims at night he grabs on victim and smashes the body around until the bones are broken into tiny pieces.
After eating – by sucking the smashed pulpy insides – it skins the corpse and wears the skin.
The only way to kill an Upiora is to soak it completely in holy water.
Mari Wells 