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AbhartachIrish Vampire

Vampire folklore and other related information that I think is neat

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Index

Legend of the Abhartach

Variations of the legend

Events

Actual Events of Influence

Diseases

Noteworthy Illnesses and Dissorders

People

Actual People of Influence

Timeline

Sequence of Relevant Events

Sources

Links to information

https://www.historyireland.com/was-dracula-an-irishman/https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/the-abhartach/

The Legend of The Abhartach

Abhartach was an ancient chieftain with powerful magic. He was known to be extremely cruel. He was so evil that the people he ruled over were desperate to be rid of him and they sought out the help of a rival chieftain. The chieftain killed Abhartach and buried him upright in an isolated grave. Unfortunately the next day Abhartach came back and he demanded a bowl of blood from his subjects to sustain his undead body. The townspeople once again asked the chieftain for help and once again Abhartach was slain and buried upright in a lone grave only for him to return again and ask for blood. The chieftain then enlisted the help of a local druid on how to kill Abhartach for good. The druid told the chieftain that he was use a sword made of yew wood to kill Abhartach, burry him upsidedown, and then trap him inside the grave with a large stone so he could not rise up ever again. He did as the druid instructed and the land was free from the wrath of Abhartach for good.

Here you can include a relevant fact to highlight

Events

• The spread of Christianity had a large effect on the myths and legends that were told and passed down by word of mouth because the content of the stories was changed from more Pagan origins to fit a Christian narrative.

https://app.perusall.com/courses/engl-2210-001-or-2024-spring-full-term/a-brief-history-of-ireland-local-histories?assignmentId=WnDnJi3XE8udizdGe&part=1

• The Irish potato famine greatly affected the amount of food that was available to people. Because of this people made certain not to waste anything and used all the parts of any livestock they had which led to a lot of animal blood cuisine such as black pudding, blood sausage, and drisheen.

https://www.flavour.ie/2022/05/the-social-and-cultural-history-of-blood-as-food-in-ireland-and-its-role-in-the-formation-of-identity-for-clonakilty-blackpudding/https://www.blackpudding.club/facts/origins-of-black-pudding-10-facts/#:~:text=In%20medieval%20times%20it%20was,the%20animal%20go%20to%20wastehttps://goodfoodireland.ie/blog/the-rise-and-rise-of-irish-black-pudding/#:~:text=This%20humble%20pudding%20made%20from,black%20pudding%20to%20culinary%20heights

Diseases

• Porphyria is a genetic blood disorder with symptoms like photosensitivity, dark red rashes or blotchy skin, anxiety, hallucinations, seizures, and receding gum tissue. Many people with prophyria became extremely scarred and disfigured. Before advances were made in medical technology many people afflicted with porphyria were shuned and outcast from society due to their physical appearance and the fear that they were actualy not human.

https://porphyriafoundation.org/for-patients/about-porphyria/history-of-porphyria/

• Tuberculosis is a bacterial infectiion in the lungs that had the highest mortality rate during the 19th century.

https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/contagion/feature/tuberculosis-in-europe-and-north-america-1800-1922

• Renfield's Syndrome is a term named after R.M. Renfield- a character from Bram Stoker's Dracula. The term also sometimes called clinical vampirism refers to a person with an obsessive desire to drink blood, both their own and others.

https://research-ebsco-com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/linkprocessor/plink?id=83ac4a7b-9fca-3e1c-9ac0-ae5e6c382af5

People

Timeline

• Legend of the Abhartach

https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/the-abhartach/https://www.historyireland.com/was-dracula-an-irishman/

• Christianity

https://app.perusall.com/courses/engl-2210-001-or-2024-spring-full-term/a-brief-history-of-ireland-local-histories?assignmentId=WnDnJi3XE8udizdGe&part=1

• Irish Potato Famine

https://app.perusall.com/courses/engl-2210-001-or-2024-spring-full-term/a-brief-history-of-ireland-local-histories?assignmentId=WnDnJi3XE8udizdGe&part=1

• Porphyria

https://porphyriafoundation.org/for-patients/about-porphyria/history-of-porphyria/

• Tuberculosis

https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/contagion/feature/tuberculosis-in-europe-and-north-america-1800-1922

• Renfield's syndrome

https://research-ebsco-com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/linkprocessor/plink?id=83ac4a7b-9fca-3e1c-9ac0-ae5e6c382af5

• Vlad Tepes

https://www.cc.com/episodes/8ly46k/drunk-history-halloween-explicit-season-5-ep-13https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vlad-the-Impaler

• Elizabeth Bathory

https://www.lorepodcast.com/episodes/remastered34https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory

• Petar Blavojevic

https://morbidkuriosity.com/petar-blagojevic-vampire/

Sources

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• Arnold Paole

https://thevampireproject.blogspot.com/2008/12/story-of-arnold-paole.html

• Mercy Lena Brown

https://loretranscripts.tumblr.com/post/183694959973/lore-episode-1-they-made-a-tonic-transcripthttps://www.rihs.org/have-mercy/https://www.lorepodcast.com/episodes/1https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire

• The Vampyre

https://www.cc.com/episodes/zc2vmd/drunk-history-are-you-afraid-of-the-drunk-season-6-ep-1

• Carmilla

https://research-ebsco-com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/linkprocessor/plink?id=648f0be9-89ba-352d-a1fc-d10767f13a69

• Dracula

https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/honors_projects/27/

• Nosferatu

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/

• Irish blood cuisine

https://www.flavour.ie/2022/05/the-social-and-cultural-history-of-blood-as-food-in-ireland-and-its-role-in-the-formation-of-identity-for-clonakilty-blackpudding/ https://www.blackpudding.club/facts/origins-of-black-pudding-10-facts/#:~:text=In%20medieval%20times%20it%20was,the%20animal%20go%20to%20waste https://goodfoodireland.ie/blog/the-rise-and-rise-of-irish-black-pudding/#:~:text=This%20humble%20pudding%20made%20from,black%20pudding%20to%20culinary%20heights

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