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  2. Strigoi - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Category:Romanian legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This page was last edited on 9 September 2023, ...

  4. Folklore of Romania - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Miss Christina - Wikipedia

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    The novella depicts the story of the attraction between a female strigoi—an undead human from Romanian folklore—and a young man who visits the house she haunts. Translation [ edit ]

  6. List of vampiric creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    StrigoiRomania 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

  7. Moroi - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Pricolici - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. House of Drăculești - Wikipedia

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    The line of the Drăculești began with Vlad II Dracul ("the Dragon"), son of one of the most important rulers of the Basarab dynasty, Mircea the Elder.The name Drăculești is the patronymic of Dracul, which according to most historians is derived from the 1431 membership of Vlad II in the Order of the Dragon (Societas draconistarum) that had been founded in 1408 AD by Holy Roman Emperor ...