Methods by which a person can become an undead, as documented from traditions and customs of folklore.
Predispositions
Birth:
- Born at certain times of the year (new moon, holy days)
- Born with a red caul, with teeth, or with an extra nipple
- Born with excess hair, with a red birthmark, or with two hearts
- Conceived on a holy day
- Weaned too early
- Suckled after weaning
- Born the seventh son of a seventh son
- Death without baptism
- Received a curse
- Mother did not eat enough salt during pregnacy
- Mother stared at by a vampire while pregnant
Death or After-Death Causes
- Death at the hands of a vampire
- Wind from the Russian Steppe blowing on the corpse
- Having a cat or other animal jump or fly over the corpse
- Having a shadow fall on the corpse
- No burial or improper burial rites
- Death by violence or murder
- Murder that is unrevenged
- Having a candle passed over the corpse
- Having one's brother sleepwalk
- Death by drowning
- Stealing the ropes used to bury a corpse
- Being buried face up in the grave (in parts of Romania)
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