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  2. Strigoi - Wikipedia

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    The strigoi are said to be bald on top of the head, do not eat garlic and onions, avoid incense, and towards the feast of Saint Andrew they sleep outdoors. Their spine is elongated in the shape of a tail, covered with hair. If there is a drought in a village, it means that there is a strigoi that prevents the rains.

  3. List of vampiric creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Bantu (India) – There are three main kinds of this vampire including: Bantu Dodong; Bantu Parl; Bantu Saburo; Baobhan Sith (Highlands of Scotland) Beatha Greimach, lit. "the breath thief" (Highlands of Scotland) Berbalang (Philippines) The Berwick Vampire (England [17]) Bezkost (Slavic) Bhayangkara ; Bhūta (India) Bibi (the Balkans)

  4. Strix (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Romanian, strigăt means 'scream', [42] strigoaică is the name of the Romanian feminine vampire, [43] and strigoi is the Romanian male vampire. [44] Both can scream loudly, especially when they become poltergeists—a trait they have in common with the banshees.

  5. Strzyga - Wikipedia

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    The term strzyga could also sometimes mean a vampire or upiór. [3] [4] [5] After the 18th century, there was a distinction between strzyga and upiór; the first one was more connected to witchcraft, while the latter was more of a flying, vampiric creature. [6] [2]

  6. The Strain - Wikipedia

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    The Master's chief facilitator. He was a Nazi SS officer at a concentration camp whom the Master mutated into a Strigoi, a Renfield-type character but immortal. He killed Setrakian's wife in the past. In the television series, he is played by Richard Sammel.

  7. Vampires in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Do you know the difference between Latino, Hispanic and Spanish?

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    So what does Hispanic mean? Hispanic is a term that refers to people of Spanish speaking origin or ancestry. Think language -- so if someone is from Spanish speaking origin or ancestry, they can ...

  9. Pricolici - Wikipedia

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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 ...