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Strigòi is a Romanian word that originated from a root related to the Latin terms strix or striga with the addition of the augmentative suffix "-oi" (feminine "-oaică"). [3] [4] Otila Hedeşan notes that the same augmentative suffix appears in the related terms moroi and bosorcoi (borrowed from Hungarian boszorka) and considers this parallel derivation to indicate membership in the same ...
Strigoi – Romania with the following variations: Strigoaica; Moroi; Strix – Ancient Rome with the following spelling variations: Striga; Stirge; Strige; Strzyga – Slavic; Suangi – New Guinea; Sukuyan – Caribbean; Succubus – Judeo-Christian; Sybaris – Greece
Stories suggest God made the Earth with the help of animals, while the Devil was trying to thwart his plans. [1]: 11–12 [2] In the majority of versions, before the earth existed, a boundless ocean called Apa Sâmbetei was the abode of God and the Devil, seen as master and servant rather than equals. In these stories the Devil goes by the name ...
They are also sometimes referred to in modern stories as the living offspring of two strigoi. It may also signify an infant who died before being baptized. The origins of the term "moroi" are unclear, but it is thought by the Romanian Academy [2] [3] to have possibly originated from the Old Slavonic word mora ("nightmare") – cf. Russian kikimora.
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They also have similarities with strigoi, undead souls that have risen from the grave to harm living people. While a strigoi possesses anthropomorphic qualities similar to the ones it had before death, a pricolici always resembles a wolf or dog. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming ...
Strigoi are the featured enemy in the 1999 episode "Darkness Visible" of the show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. The strigoi was featured in the Animal Planet TV series Lost Tapes. In the ABC television series Scariest Places on Earth, strigoi are discussed in an episode called "Return to Romania Dare." The episode originally aired on April ...
Its story takes place during the 1880s in Congress Poland and follows the everyday life of the peasantry in a typical Polish village. In the tenth chapter of book two, some of the characters gather together to exchange stories and legends, in one of which the striga is described as having a bat's wings ( strzygi z nietoperzowymi skrzydłami ...