Snape a Dhampire or Animagus / Smells in Hogwarts/MoM Regs/ House Elves and

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 58740

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Koticzka" 
<koticzka at w...> wrote:
> Pippin wrote:
> >>In Eastern Europe there were stories about vampire spirits 
which  could take physical form long enough to mate with human 
beings and spawn offspring. These vampires were said to feed 
on vital energy, not blood. But JKR has a habit of combining 
various folklore and literary traditions to come up with her 
creations<<
> 
> ***Koticzka comments:
> Sorry if this comes across as sarcastic, but that sounds 
absolutely fascinating.  Where have you found this information?  
Which part of Eastern Europe is being talked about? It sounds 
rather like veelas, who actually have a couple of different names 
in folklore.<<<

I found the information in a book called "Jewish Magic and 
Superstition" by Joshua Trachtenberg. The book is rare and 
currently out of print, but according to Amazon.com it will shortly 
be released in paperback. I recommend it highly. I can't 
remember if there was a location given for the belief. I got the 
book from the library quite a while ago, so I'm working from 
memory here.

The vampires did sound rather veela like. They were supposed 
to be the  cause of erotic dreams.

Pippin