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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 ...
Short stories Various authors 1999 Haider Jafri Syed Zindaginama-Zinda Rukh Zindagi Nama-Zinda Rukh: Hindi Novel Krishna Sobti: 2000 Anees Ashfaq Kavve Aur Kala Pani Kavve Aur Kala Pani Hindi Short stories Nirmal Verma: 2001 M. Osama Faruqi Ghalib : Shakhsiyat Aur Ahd Ghalib : The Man, The Times English Biography Pavan Varma: 2002 Rattan Singh
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 ...
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
Pliny in his Natural History dismissed this as nonsense [d] [e] and remarked it was impossible to establish what bird was meant by this. [f] [8] [2] The same habit, where the strix lactates foul-smelling milk onto an infant's lips is mentioned by Titinius, who noted the placement of garlic on the infant was the prescribed amulet to ward against ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fairy tales are stories that range from those originating in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. This is a list of Romanian fairy tales : A