{"product_id":"vampire-nachtmar","title":"Vampire \u0026 Nachtmar","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCentral European Texts\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon Nocturnal Assault and\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Drain of Life (1768–1930)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, countless people across Central Europe believed they were attacked while they slept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey awoke unable to move or breathe, convinced that something unseen was pressing upon their chest, while others reported being driven to orgasm by an invisible nocturnal visitor. Horses were found exhausted after being ridden through the night, cattle weakened, children wasted away, and communities attributed illness, paralysis, terrifying dreams, and loss of vitality to a vast array of nocturnal beings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVampire \u0026amp; Nachtmar\u003c\/i\u003e continues the historical journey begun in \u003ci\u003eBefore Nosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e. Following the eighteenth-century investigations of Gerard van Swieten, the focus shifts from official vampire inquiries to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century folkloric evidence preserved across Central Europe. Carefully translated from German, Austrian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, and other sources, these texts document an astonishing range of encounters with the \u003ci\u003eNachtmar\u003c\/i\u003e (nightmare). Whether appearing as the \u003ci\u003eAlp, Mahrt, Murawa, Drude, Hexe\u003c\/i\u003e (witch), \u003ci\u003eIncubus, Vampyr\u003c\/i\u003e, or countless regional variants, it may manifest as the wandering double of a living person, a supernatural being, or a revenant (\u003ci\u003eNachzehrer, Doppelsauger\u003c\/i\u003e) returned from the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgain and again, the boundaries between nightmare spirits, witches, wandering souls, revenants, and vampires dissolve, exposing a shared demonological tradition that persisted across languages, cultures, and centuries. Accompanied by scholarly editorial commentary, \u003ci\u003eVampire \u0026amp; Nachtmar\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs the forgotten demonological ecosystem from which the later European vampire-image emerged. Rather than tracing a single supernatural being, it reveals an interconnected world of nocturnal assault whose deeper structure has largely escaped modern scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe vampire haunted the village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nachtmar haunted your bedroom...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterested in both volumes? Get 'Before Nosferatu' and 'Vampire \u0026amp; Nachtmar' together for €50 and save €9.90 compared with buying them separately. Explore the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/global.vamzzz.com\/products\/vampire-library-volume-1-2\" title=\"Vampire Library Bundle\"\u003eVampire Library bundle\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Global Occult Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":55013781274963,"sku":"ISBN:9789492355799","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/Cover_vampire_nachtmar.jpg?v=1789996869","url":"https:\/\/global.vamzzz.com\/products\/vampire-nachtmar","provider":"VAMzzz Global Occult Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}