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cretan female peasant.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
costume of the cretan women somewhat changed since
tournefort's time, the katakhanas, vurvulakas, or vam-
pire, a well-attestkd cretan vampire-story. the vampire
feeds on the human liver. the priesthood supposed to
have the power of exorcising a vampire. the popular
notions now entertained, respecting vampires, in greece,
dalmatia, and elsewhere, were formerly prevalent in
england. etymologies of the words vurvulakas and
CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTER.
195
cretan female peasant.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
costume of the cretan women somewhat changed since
tournefort's time, the katakhanas, vurvulakas, or vam-
pire, a well-attestkd cretan vampire-story. the vampire
feeds on the human liver. the priesthood supposed to
have the power of exorcising a vampire. the popular
notions now entertained, respecting vampires, in greece,
dalmatia, and elsewhere, were formerly prevalent in
england. etymologies of the words vurvulakas and