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One of the earliest mentions of a historical strigoi is the story of Jure Grando Alilović (1579–1656) from the region of Istria.The villager is believed to have been the first real person described as a vampire because he was referred to as a strigoi, štrigon or štrigun in contemporary local records. [7]
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.
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
First edition (publ. Cultura Națională) Miss Christina (Romanian: Domnișoara Christina) is a 1936 novella by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade.It tells 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.
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Pricolici, similar to strigoi, are 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 other ...
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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.