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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 ...
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.
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)
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]
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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 ...
Law; Strigoi Vii are not criminals. Responsibility; all Strigoi Vii are adults. Blood; the Strigoi Vii see blood as a metaphor for something far more subtle. [vague] Quest; the Strigoi Vii have a unified cause—the current and the quest [vague] Secrecy; the Strigoi Vii are an open secret, hidden in plain sight.
The strīx (στρίξ, στριγός) [b] was a nocturnally crying creature which positioned its feet upwards and head below, according to a pre-300 BC Greek origin myth. [c] [5] It is probably meant to be (and translated as) an owl, [6] but is highly suggestive of a bat which hangs upside-down.