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the cretan women.
[chap.
KATAKHANAS. A BELIEF IN VAMPIRES ENTERTAINED BY THE
JEWS AND ARABS ; AND ALSO FOUND IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE.
SIMILAR NOTIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS. THE NEREIDHES,
OR " BEAUTIFUL LADIES," OF MODERN GREECE, RESEMBLE BOTH
THE NEREIDS OF ANCIENT GREECE, AND THE FAIRIES OF OLD
ENGLAND. OTHER LEGENDS. A MID-DAY DEMON OF THE MOUNT-
AINS. THE POWER OF WITCHCRAFT SUPPOSED TO BE POSSESSED
BY THE CLERGY. DIFFERENT POSITION OF THE CLERGY IN
GREECE AND ENGLAND WITH RESPECT TO WITCHCRAFT. ADDI-
TIONAL NOTES ON VAMPIRISM, AND ON THE ORIGIN OF THE
ENGLISH CUSTOM OF DRIVING A STAKE THROUGH THE BODIES
OF SUICIDES. SPECIMENS OF THE SFAKIAN DIALECT.
The costume of the women in Crete has undergone
some little alteration since the time of Tournefort. The
trowsers which they now wear in every part of the
island, were nowhere seen by him. " Les dames de
FArchipel portent des calecons: les Candiotes n'ont
que la chemise sous leur jupe."
The French naturalist seems to have admired the
rarities of the inanimate more than those of the animate
creation, in Crete. He says, " A regard des dames
nous en avons veu d'assez jolies a Girapetra: ailleurs
elles sont laides." He thus describes their dress : " Cet
habit est tres simple: C'est une jupe de drap rouge
tirant sur le grisdelin, fort plissee, suspendue sur les
epaules par deux gros cordons, et qui leur laisse le
sein tout decouvert.'"
When at Askyfo I had asked about the Vampires,
or Katakhanadhes as the Cretans call them, of whom
I had heard from Manias and others of his fellow-
countrymen, and whose existence and ill-deeds form a
general article of popular belief throughout the island.
Of course this belief is very strong in the mountains.
If any one ventures to doubt it, undeniable facts are
brought forward to silence the incredulous. At Andpolis
I am on ground which has long been haunted by them,
and is celebrated in numerous stories, some of which
are amusing enough, in which their exploits are re-
corded.
the cretan women.
[chap.
KATAKHANAS. A BELIEF IN VAMPIRES ENTERTAINED BY THE
JEWS AND ARABS ; AND ALSO FOUND IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE.
SIMILAR NOTIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS. THE NEREIDHES,
OR " BEAUTIFUL LADIES," OF MODERN GREECE, RESEMBLE BOTH
THE NEREIDS OF ANCIENT GREECE, AND THE FAIRIES OF OLD
ENGLAND. OTHER LEGENDS. A MID-DAY DEMON OF THE MOUNT-
AINS. THE POWER OF WITCHCRAFT SUPPOSED TO BE POSSESSED
BY THE CLERGY. DIFFERENT POSITION OF THE CLERGY IN
GREECE AND ENGLAND WITH RESPECT TO WITCHCRAFT. ADDI-
TIONAL NOTES ON VAMPIRISM, AND ON THE ORIGIN OF THE
ENGLISH CUSTOM OF DRIVING A STAKE THROUGH THE BODIES
OF SUICIDES. SPECIMENS OF THE SFAKIAN DIALECT.
The costume of the women in Crete has undergone
some little alteration since the time of Tournefort. The
trowsers which they now wear in every part of the
island, were nowhere seen by him. " Les dames de
FArchipel portent des calecons: les Candiotes n'ont
que la chemise sous leur jupe."
The French naturalist seems to have admired the
rarities of the inanimate more than those of the animate
creation, in Crete. He says, " A regard des dames
nous en avons veu d'assez jolies a Girapetra: ailleurs
elles sont laides." He thus describes their dress : " Cet
habit est tres simple: C'est une jupe de drap rouge
tirant sur le grisdelin, fort plissee, suspendue sur les
epaules par deux gros cordons, et qui leur laisse le
sein tout decouvert.'"
When at Askyfo I had asked about the Vampires,
or Katakhanadhes as the Cretans call them, of whom
I had heard from Manias and others of his fellow-
countrymen, and whose existence and ill-deeds form a
general article of popular belief throughout the island.
Of course this belief is very strong in the mountains.
If any one ventures to doubt it, undeniable facts are
brought forward to silence the incredulous. At Andpolis
I am on ground which has long been haunted by them,
and is celebrated in numerous stories, some of which
are amusing enough, in which their exploits are re-
corded.