Snape as "half dead"

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 37223

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ritadear2" <ritadarling at i...> wrote:
 From my  understanding, vampires and dementors are not living 
things.   Vampires are dead, no?  

No, not necessarily. There are many different beliefs about 
vampires. In some European folklore, the vampire was a spirit 
that could take material form for brief periods, long enough to 
mate with a human, for example. 

Pippin