We can notice, for example, that “Vampire” <! [a poem] combines the folkloric soucouyant <! italics in original (blood-sucking old woman in the shape of a ball of fire), a science fiction creature (“clammy, from its bed of hairs / And thirsty” [p. 24]), the moon again (Brown’s poems are obsessed by <! [sic] "by", not "with" the moon); [...]
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Soucouyant — The soucouyant or soucriant in Dominica, Trinidadian and Guadeloupean folklore (also known as Ole Higue or Loogaroo elsewhere in the Caribbean), is a kind of witch vampire.[1][2] Contents 1 Legend 2 O … Wikipedia
Soucouyant — Eine Soucouyant ist in Trinidad und Tobago ein mythologisches, blutsaugendes Wesen. Sie erscheint angeblich in Gestalt einer alten Frau, die in der Nacht auf einem Feuerball reist. Die Soucouyant klopft an die Tür ihres Opfers und bittet es um… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Soucouyant — La soucouyant también llamada soucriant, Soucoyah, Sukuya, Old Hag o Loogaroo es un tipo de criatura mítica del folclore del Caribe más específicamente de Trinidad y Tobago y Guadalupe, equivalente a una bruja vampírica. Leyenda Es descrito como… … Wikipedia Español
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