CHAPTER XIV.

Horrible nature of the Superstition of Vampyrism--Persons attacked by Vampyres become Vampyres themselves--Signs by which a Vampyre was known--Origin of one of the signs--Effect attributed to Excommunication in the Greek church--Story of an excommunicated Greek--Calmet’s theory of the origin of the Superstition respecting Vampyres--St. Stanislas--Philinnium--The Strygis supposed to have given the idea of the Vampyre--Capitulary of Charlemagne--Remedy against attacks from the Demon--Anecdote of an impudent Vampyre--Story of a Vampyre at Mycone--Prevalence of Vampyrism in the north of Europe--Walachian mode of detecting Vampyres. 205