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The Zmeu (plural: zmei, feminine: zmeoaică / zmeoaice) is a fantastic creature of Romanian folklore and Romanian mythology. Though referred by some sources as a dragon, the zmeu is nevertheless distinct, because it usually has clear anthropomorphic traits: it is humanoid and has legs, arms, the ability to create and use artifacts such as ...
Pages in category "Romanian legendary creatures" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Balaur; C.
Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786444526. Spence, Lewis (1960) An Encyclopaedia of Occultism University Books Inc. New Hyde Park, New York; The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63
Romanian legendary creatures (23 P) R. Romanian legends (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Romanian mythology" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Dimitrie Cantemir, writing about the myth concerning it in Descriptio Moldaviae (1714–1716), [a] stated that the "zburator" meant "flyer" (Latin: volatilis), and according to the beliefs of the Moldavan it was "a ghost, a young, handsome man who comes in the middle of the night at women, especially recently married ones and does indecent things with them, although he cannot be seen by other ...
This category collects the articles about mythological creatures of the Romani people who are more commonly but not politically correctly known as Gypsies. Pages in category "Romani legendary creatures"
The Romanian vampire breed named Strigoï has no direct relation to the Greek striges, but was derived from the Roman term strix, as is the name of the Albanian Shtriga and the Slavic Strzyga, though myths about these creatures are more similar to their Slavic equivalents. [6] [19] Greek vampiric entities are seen once again in Homer's epic ...
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 ...