![]() In some traditions, the best way to stop a vampire is to carry a small bag of salt with you. To ward off a vampire that has risen, people would carry garlic, amulets or holy water. Other traditional methods of preventing vampires included burying (or re-burying) the bodies face-down and decapitation, which often included stuffing the severed head's mouth with garlic or bricks. (This was quite common in fact, earlier this week archaeologists in Bulgaria found two skeletons found with iron rods through their chests.) Nor was there any significance to using a wooden stake vampires, like djinn ( genies) and many other magical creatures, were believed to fear the metal iron, so a piercing bar made of iron would be even more effective. ![]() The idea was to physically pin the vampire to the earth, and the chest was chosen because it's the trunk of the body, not because of any particular symbolic connection to the heart. One of the most widespread beliefs involved staking the vampire in its grave. Such signs were sometimes mistaken for proof of vampires. Intestinal decomposition creates bloating, which can force blood up into the mouth, making it look like a dead body has recently sucked blood. For example, if a coffin is airtight, putrefaction might be delayed by weeks or months. ![]()
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