EVIL PRINCE DRAKUL STORIES FOREIGN AMBASSADORS -When visiting ambassadors from Turkey neglected to remove their turbans in his presence said they could not because it was their custom always to wear them, he had their turbans nailed to their heads with small iron nails and sent them home that way THE NOBLEMAN WITH A KEEN SENSE OF SMELL -in the Russian story, a servant gagged at the stench of impaled bodies at an outdoor banquet …
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…are several other methods of arranging the vampirism-prone corpse that weren't mentioned.They involve several nails driven into various parts of the body, filling the mouth with various purifying substances (often accompanied by decapitation), and soaking the corpse in or rubbing it with various purifying substances. Purifying substances could include salt, holy water, garlic, other spices, ashes (especially from holy woods), and lemon juice. Burning and boiling, frequently combined with other techniques, were also prescribed.