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Originally Posted by Icelander
Does anyone know what weaknesses vampires inspired by Mesopotamian myth might have instead of garlic, stakes or decapitation?
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The wood the sacred cedar - as an aromatic, distilled as perfume, burned as incense, or as a direct weapon (even flat out beating them with it; A stake would be fine too of course). Cedar wood repels insects and resists rot, making it a symbol of purity, and naturally gets used to repel infesting spirits in the same way.
Asafoetida/asafedity - again a pungent aromatic but in this case more offensive in smell but good in taste (like garlic). It also has similar antiseptic properties to garlic, and is used to repel evil spirits.