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This book discusses the ancient Celtic beliefs about death and how these were assimilated by Christianity: the importance which the ancient Celts and early Christians placed on blood; and how the Christian Church transmuted the vampire from an ancestor's ghost to a malevolent demon. Stories of spooky, mystical, and bloody tales are relayed.Curran, Bob is the author of 'Bloody Irish Celtic Vampire Legends' with ISBN 9781903582190 and ISBN 1903582199.
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