morning conversation at my house

[pantryslut]

"It's not Zombie Jesus Day. Zombie Jesus Day is Sunday. Today is Dead Jesus Day."

"Can I wish everyone a Happy Dead Jesus Day?"

"You can do so to anyone who's ever wished you a Happy Yom Kippur."

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[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*laugh* I plan on greeting folks tonight with "Happy Dead Jesus Day!"

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

Can you imagine the Chrissy fits if Terri Schiavo dies today?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

She won't be comng back on Sunday, regardless.

I am almost, but not quite, compelled to make a tasteless comment about how the last 15 years have been Zombie Terri Day, or something along those lines.

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

Happy Purim to all, also!

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

One of these days I'm actually going to get it together enough to celebrate Purim properly. It's really my kinda thing.

[holyphoton.livejournal.com]

Jesus wasn't a zombie.

He's a vampire. :) See, he rose from the dead and became one of the Undead, "converting" "disciples"... Think of all the similar symbols between Christ and vampires: crosses, blood, ritual, the last supper (before he could no longer eat real food?)... Catholics takes in the Blood of Christ.. Are they mimicking the days when that meant literally taking the blood of Jesus and becoming a vampire yourself? Vampires hate crosses because that's how their Master was tortured, and he passed that torment through the generations of vampires.

laugh Okay, I just showed my dork-ness. Babble much, Sarah?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

You're not the first one to notice this, actually. I think "vampire Jesus" stories are banned from certain slush piles.

If you want to be a real dork, you need to discuss the fact that vampire mythology arose in the zone of contention between the Catholic and the Orthodox churches, and their different ideas about the incorruptibility of sainted bodies, etc. I think this is fascinating, but for some reason very few people join me in my fascination :)

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

Don't forget to distinguish between Catholic vampires, who are three-dimensional, and Orthodox vampires, who are completely flat and have a bite like a paper cut.

More seriously, would you rule out Turkish Muslim influence?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I would not rule out such an influence, no, although how such an influence would come into play does not leap immediately to my mind. Do you have a notion or three?

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that vampire myths originated in the Balkans under the Ottomans (or, at least, near periods and regions of Ottoman influence), which would provide a mechanism.

If I'm wrong about the historical question, please correct me (with references would be great), since I'm largely ignorant about vampires.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

No, I think you're completely on the mark here.

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

Not that I have any idea what the content of such influence might be. (I suppose it's also possible that the Ottomans would have provided a vector for transmission of South Asian vampire stories such as those of Vikram the Vampire from the Kathasaritsangara (11th c), but that seems less likely.)

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Yes, this was the part I was at a loss for. I am completely ignorant of Turkish/Muslim funerary customs, too.