f the many forms taken by the devil as in the movie "The Prophecy." The Antichrist, as the antithesis of Christ who brings life, is the one who brings death much like these birds of death (Barber 95).

有两种鸟，乌鸦和大乌鸦，反基督者和吸血鬼常见。这两种鸟都是食腐肉的，意味着他们都以尸体为食，并预示死亡(Barber94-95)。Wilhelm Hertz在Der Werwolf里写到吸血鬼吃他自己的尸肉就像吃其他的尸体一样，因此他也是一种食尸者(Barber 95)。在电影"预言"中，乌鸦也是恶魔的多种变身之一。反基督者，作为带来生命的基督的敌人，也像这些鸟一样，带来死亡（Barber 95）。

The vampire bat, though most commonly associated with the vampire due to its blood-sucking aspect, has also shared characteristics with the Antichrist. Florescu notes that Satan is often "...portrayed with huge bat-like wings" (In Search 153).He also reminds us that its ability to fly represents a superhuman quality whereas its head is erect and similar in structure to that of man (In Search 153). This mixture of superhuman and human traits seems to be inherent in both the bat and the Antichrist. Also, the vampire bat is so graceful and skilled that it rarely awakens the victim while sucking his blood (Florescu, In Search 154). This again reminds us of the Antichrist whose graceful demeanor is so convincing that mankind doesn't realize his true evil nature.

吸血蝙蝠，虽然由于其吸血的特性，最常与吸血鬼联系起来，它也和反基督者有些相同的特性。Florescu指出撒旦经常"......被描绘为拥有巨大的蝙蝠似的双翼" (In Search 153)。他也提出虽然吸血蝙蝠飞行的能力超出人类，但它们的头是竖立的，并有和人类相似的结构(In Search 153)。这种混合超人类和人类的特性看起来是从蝙蝠和反基督者两方继承的。此外，吸血蝙蝠是如此的优雅和熟练以至于它们吸血时极少惊醒那些牺牲品(Florescu, In Search 154)。这再一次提醒我们，反基督者优雅的风度常常是那样的令人心悦诚服，以至于无法发现他们邪恶的本质。

It is interesting to note that many of the methods employed by people over the years to stop vampire attacks have been very similar to those employed by the Roman soldiers during the crucifixion of Christ. The Natural History of the Vampire reports that stakes made out of aspen or whitethorn, the first of which was used for Christ's cross and the other for his crown of thorns, work almost every time on a vampire (A. Masters 190).The traditional weapon against vampires remains the Christian cross which even to this day can be found on various hilltops in Transylvania (Florescu, Dracula 170). In fact any form of crossing placed upon the recently dead was thought to keep the undead from rising as vampires, be it a crucifix in hand, arms crossed, or being buried at the meeting of four cross roads (Wright 12). The Wallachians used to make a young, virgin boy ride on the back of an all white or all black, "unmutilated horse which had never stumbled" over the graves to find out which ones were inhabited by vampires (Florescu, In Search 148).The idea was that anything that pure would refuse to cross over a grave inhabited by some kind of evil pollutant.

有件事实很有趣，那就是这么多年以来，人类抵御吸血鬼攻击的方式与当年罗马士兵折磨基督的手法有很多相似之处。The Natural History of the Vampire报道说，用白杨木或者山楂木制成的尖头木桩对付吸血鬼几乎永远有效，而最初白杨木和山楂木也用于制作基督的十字架和荆棘冠(A. Masters 190)。对抗吸血鬼的传统武器基督十字架，直到今天依然能在Transylvania山区的许多小山顶上找到(Florescu, Dracula 170)。事实上，将任何十字交叉的东西置于新死的尸体上，都被认为能够阻止他变成吸血鬼。例如手握十字架，双臂十字交叉，或埋葬于十字路口的下方(Wright 12)。瓦拉及亚人习惯于让一个年轻的处男骑在一匹纯白或纯黑的"从未失足过的健马"上，跨过那些坟墓来找出哪个是吸血鬼的居所(Florescu, In Search 148)。这是因为所有纯洁的东西，都会拒绝跨越由于被邪恶的生命居住而污染的坟墓。

Florescu also told of Romanian superstitions where one was directed to kill a vampire the same way St. George killed the dragon, impaled with a wooden lance of sorts (In Search 146).This method of impalement by lance is also evident in both "The Prophecy" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" where in each

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