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Pages in category "Romanian legendary creatures" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Balaur; C.
Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786444526. Spence, Lewis (1960) An Encyclopaedia of Occultism University Books Inc. New Hyde Park, New York; The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63
The Romanian vampire breed named Strigoï has no direct relation to the Greek striges, but was derived from the Roman term strix, as is the name of the Albanian Shtriga and the Slavic Strzyga, though myths about these creatures are more similar to their Slavic equivalents. [6] [19] Greek vampiric entities are seen once again in Homer's epic ...
Romanian legendary creatures (23 P) R. Romanian legends (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Romanian mythology" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
A moroi (sometimes moroii in modern fiction; pl. moroi) is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian folklore.A female moroi is called a moroaică (pl. moroaice).In some versions, a moroi is a phantom of a dead person which leaves the grave to draw energy from the living.
10. Sirens. Origin: Greek Sirens are another mythological species that have found a home in modern times. There are movies and TV shows about the seductresses with beautiful and enchanted singing ...
This category collects the articles about mythological creatures of the Romani people who are more commonly but not politically correctly known as Gypsies. Pages in category "Romani legendary creatures"
Indie directors and actors weren’t the only ones making vampire movies in the 1990s; A-listers like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise also wanted in on the action, turning Anne Rice’s 1976 seminal book ...