TY - JOUR
TI - From Strangles to Energetic Vampires. Folklore as a System of Interpretative Practices
AU - Grochowski, Piotr
TI - From Strangles to Energetic Vampires. Folklore as a System of Interpretative Practices
AB - 
	In this paper I analyse and compare two kind of materials: ethnographic data from 19th and 20th century which indicate how people in traditional cultures recognised and understood vampires, and contemporary video materials and internet discussions about so called energy/psychic vampires. I claim that on the one hand the ideas of vampires and energy vampires differ and are based on unlike beliefs, but on the other hand they perform the same social function. We can comprehend both former and contemporary narratives about vampires/energy vampires as a form of folklore, which provides people a kind of common knowledge, especially guides and hints, how to interpret social behaviour of other people and how to “properly” react to them.
VL - 2017
IS - Issue 2 (32)
PY - 2017
SN - 1895-975X
C1 - 2084-3860
SP - 223
EP - 242
DO - 10.4467/20843860PK.17.015.7363
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/od-strzygoni-do-wampirow-energetycznych-folklor-jako-system-praktyk-interpretacyjnych
KW - folklore
KW - folk belief
KW - New Age
KW - common knowledge
KW - vampires
KW - energy vampires