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| In the vicinity of Hanover, Germany the Wends (Western Slavs) had belief in a special type of vampire which they called the '''doppelsauger''', a German name which literally means "double-sucker".
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| He supposed to be the revenant of a child who again sucked his mother's breasts after he had been weaned. If such a child dies, then in his grave he consumes the flesh of his own breasts. Then it preys on a living member of his family, causing the person to rapidly lose weight.
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| Preventive measures at the of such a child include:
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| *Placing a coin between the teeth of the corpse.
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| *Placing a semi-circular board under the chin of the corpse so that the mouth cannot reach the chest.
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| *aking sure that the cloth of its burial garments do not touch the lips of the corpse.
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| ===Source===
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| The Darkling by Jan Perkowski (Slavica Publishers, 1989), pp 106-07.
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| [[Category:Vampires]]
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| [[Category:Ghosts]]
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| [[Category:Germanic mythology]]
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