Traditional Vampirism

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No: HPFGUIDX 88700

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Campbell, Anne-TMC-Rcvg" 
<silverthorne.dragon at v...> wrote:
> {Pippin}
> 
> Stoker is in the public domain and Rowling has already 
> borrowed from him, at least I believe he is the one who 
> integrated bats into the vampire legend. The vampire bat, though 
> of course named for the monster, is a South American animal 
> and was not part of European legends.
> 
> {Anne}
> Has she? Other then describing Snape as 'batlike' (which does not automatically 
translate into "Snape is a vampire", no matter how tempting it is to say so. 


JKR has introduced vampire bats into canon. Sort of.
In 'Quidditch through the Ages' there is a report on the dirtiest match ever
played - Flanders vs Transylvania - where the Transylvanian captain releases
a hundred blood-sucking vampire bats from under his robes.

Though there's no indication that they were vampires in bat form or that 
WW vampires could transform into bats. 
And since vampire bats are a naturally occurring animal and not supernatural or 
mystical, I can't see how it helps in the Snape!Vampire stand-off.

Keep it up!

Kneasy
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