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| + | "What! It's in our eighteenth century and there are [[vampires]]! It is after the reign of [[John Locke|Locke]], of [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury|Shaftesbury]], of [[John Trenchard (writer)|Trenchard]], of [[Anthony Collins (philosopher)|Collins]]; it is under the reign of [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert|d'Alembert]], of [[Denis Diderot|Diderot]], of [[Jean François de Saint-Lambert|Saint-Lambert]], of [[Charles Pinot Duclos|Duclos]], that we believe in vampires, and that the [[Antoine Augustin Calmet|Rev. Father Dom Augustin Calmet]], priest, [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] [...], printed and reprinted [[Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c. |the history of vampires]], with the approval of the [[Sorbonne University|Sorbonne]], signed by Marcilli!"--''[[Dictionnaire philosophique]]'' | ||
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| "A Christian burial, indeed, he received, though unworthy of it; but it did not much benefit him: for issuing, by the handiwork of Satan, from his grave at night-time, and pursued by a pack of dogs with horrible barkings, he wandered through the courts and around the houses while all men made fast their doors, and did not dare to go abroad on any errand whatever from the beginning of the night until the sunrise, for fear of meeting and being beaten black and blue by this vagrant monster."--[[William of Newburgh]] | "A Christian burial, indeed, he received, though unworthy of it; but it did not much benefit him: for issuing, by the handiwork of Satan, from his grave at night-time, and pursued by a pack of dogs with horrible barkings, he wandered through the courts and around the houses while all men made fast their doors, and did not dare to go abroad on any errand whatever from the beginning of the night until the sunrise, for fear of meeting and being beaten black and blue by this vagrant monster."--[[William of Newburgh]] | ||
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"What! It's in our eighteenth century and there are vampires! It is after the reign of Locke, of Shaftesbury, of Trenchard, of Collins; it is under the reign of d'Alembert, of Diderot, of Saint-Lambert, of Duclos, that we believe in vampires, and that the Rev. Father Dom Augustin Calmet, priest, Benedictine [...], printed and reprinted the history of vampires, with the approval of the Sorbonne, signed by Marcilli!"--Dictionnaire philosophique "A Christian burial, indeed, he received, though unworthy of it; but it did not much benefit him: for issuing, by the handiwork of Satan, from his grave at night-time, and pursued by a pack of dogs with horrible barkings, he wandered through the courts and around the houses while all men made fast their doors, and did not dare to go abroad on any errand whatever from the beginning of the night until the sunrise, for fear of meeting and being beaten black and blue by this vagrant monster."--William of Newburgh |
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In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living. The word revenant is derived from the Old French word revenant (returning) (see also the related French verb revenir (to come back).
Revenants are part of the legend of various cultures, including Celtic and Norse mythology, and stories of supposed revenant visitations were documented by English historians in the Middle Ages.
Augustin Calmet conducted extensive research on the topic in his work titled Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c. (1751) in which he relates the rumors of men at the time: Calmet compares the ideas of the Greek and Egyptian ancients and notes an old belief that magic could not only cause death but also evoke the souls of the deceased as well. Calmet ascribed revenants to sorcerers who sucked the blood of victims and compares instances of revenants mentioned in the twelfth century in England and Denmark as similar to those of Hungary, but "in no history do we read anything so usual or so pronounced, as what is related to us of the vampires of Poland, Hungary, and Moravia."
See also
- Lich
- Draugr
- Dybbuk
- Gjenganger
- Ghost
- Dullahan
- Jiangshi
- Lugat
- Kukudh
- Nachzehrer
- Nav
- Strigoi
- Poltergeist
- Pocong
- Skeleton (undead)
- Vampire
- Vampire burial
- Wiedergänger
- Ghoul
- Zombie
- The Revenant
