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rpgaff2 t1_jcnza2g wrote

This is kinda stupid, but reading this, my mind went in a different direction.

Like, we treat these rites as serious superstition right? Like, "Oh no, we must do everything we can so that this person doesn't come back as a vampire/zombie or whatever."

But all I can think of right now is a community burying the most annoying person they know, and thinking, "We cannot, under any circumstances, let this person come back to life. They were UNBEARABLE. We will take any precautions we can to ensure that this body, which is dead, will never somehow spontaneously come back, even if it somehow comes back to life. I just cannot deal with this person, I don't care how miraculous his recovery is. Come back to life? Brick wall. Break through that? Nails to your limbs. JUST STAY DEAD!!!"

Just a stupid idea that came into my head lol.

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huramazda t1_jcoj5fw wrote

Given they sincerely believed in witchcraft or flock of birds showing will of the god with it's fly path, I think that we can be pretty sure that it was not just annoying behavior that they feared.

Supranatural was accepted fact of every day life.

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War_Hymn t1_jcp6vk7 wrote

I mean, stuff like this lives on in the modern age. My wife's side of the family believes in this sort of voodoo. After one of her uncles got violently robbed, her aunt sacrificed a chicken on the altar to "ward off evil spirits following him". On the more extreme side, my wife's grandfather died young in his 20s because of a construction accident. Her grandmother got ostracized by her in-laws and the entire village because they thought the death was a bad omen and she was cursed.

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kokirikorok t1_jcprl0g wrote

Little did they know, treating someone like they’re a bad omen and a curse IS the curse. Self-fulfilling prophecies are littered all through history.

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Angdrambor t1_jcqby9i wrote

>After one of her uncles got violently robbed, her aunt sacrificed a chicken on the altar to "ward off evil spirits following him"

tbh, it doesn't sound like the worst way of processing the trauma of getting robbed.

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inksane t1_jcpkevw wrote

A scary idea came into my head. People usually do things for a reason. They sealed that tomb for a reason.

I'm not saying vampires exist, but we just undid everything they did to keep the thing safe.

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hadesthief t1_jcq1faj wrote

The Romans would gut livestock and read their entrails for signs of fortune. Clearly they knew something we now don't.

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inksane t1_jcq8xfa wrote

And there are people today who still do that. I don't know what they know. But if they're doing it, I assume it does something for them.

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gamerdude69 t1_jcr5wju wrote

You think every superstition is true because someone thinks it is? You think there's something to astrology? palm reading? Sacrificing a rabbit to make someone heal faster? Why are you assuming that these people are correct in their superstitions?

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Angdrambor t1_jcqbt8w wrote

People do things for a reason, but, if you turn on the news, you'll see that a lot of the reasons are really stupid.

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The-Magic-Sword t1_jdf4mwr wrote

Thankfully, vampire slaying has come a long way over the centuries.

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ButterflyAttack t1_jcqo272 wrote

Just bury em vertically, head-down. They won't trouble you again.

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Dhen3ry t1_jcqr2h3 wrote

Make sure they are actually dead first. Or they will bill you.

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