Evliya Çelebi's Vampires: From Specters to Dracula
Did Evliya Çelebi's vampires really exist? What do the ghosts, gluttons, karakoncolos, and blood-drinking creatures we encounter in the dark pages of his travelogue indicate? In this episode, we delve into the origins of vampire beliefs, drawing on narratives written by Evliya Çelebi in the 17th century. We follow a broad trajectory from the Caucasus to the Balkans, from Turkish folk culture to Indian and Greek mythology, from Dracula to modern cinema. In this journey, which extends from Ebussuud Efendi's fatwas to peasant witch hunts, from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Jung's collective unconscious, we combine history, myth, literature, cinema, and science. 2:00 Who is Evliya Çelebi? 4:16 Travelogue and Dream Story 5:13 Surreal Narratives: Hezarfen and Lagari 8:02 Karagoncolos Night and the Bocuk Tradition 11:43 Evliya's Vampire Stories 13:15 Vikram and Indian Vampire Myths 14:22 Greek, Cain, and Lilith Legends 16:14 Belief in the Ghost in the Turks and Ottomans 18:00 Ebusuud Efendi's Vampire Fatwa 20:27 Reflections of Vampires in Literature and Cinema 25:19 Vlad Dracula and Historical Facts 27:06 Philosophical and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Vampires 31:13 Vampire Disease: Porphyria and Medical Explanations 32:38 Closing and Evaluation References: The images used at 10:05 and 11:00 belong to Yağmur Candar. You can visit her Instagram account for her other works. Instagram: / neftisar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication of the Hacettepe University, Institute of Turkic Studies https://www.academia.edu/36799808/Evl... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Work by Başak Öztürk Bitiki Witch, Glutton, and Magician Narratives in Evliya Çelebi's Travelogue and Their Functions in Fiction https://repository.bilkent.edu.tr/ser... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Work by Mehmet Berk Yaltırık TURKISH GHOST AND WITCH BELIEFS IN TURKISH CULTURE https://johschool.com/Makaleler/14089... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evliya Çelebi's Travelogue – Seyit Ali Kahraman – Yeditepe Publications Travel Book – İbni Batuta – Üçdal Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vikram and the Vampire https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2400/... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vampire and Delphi Inscriptions https://tr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upir https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ub%C4%B1r ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karagoncolos https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakon... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Legend of Kain https://www.kayiprihtim.org/forum/ind... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Legend of Lilith https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kolektif Unconscious https://www.thecollector.com/carl-jun... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Porphyria Disease – Vampire Disease https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #EvliyaÇelebi #History #Vampire #Karakoncolos #Dracula #Vlad the Impaler #Mythology #GothicLiterature #Ottoman #Twilight