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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.
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 ...
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
Vârcolac – Vampire or werewolf; Vardøger (Scandinavian) – Ghostly double; Vedrfolnir – Hawk sitting between the eyes of an eagle in the crown of the World Tree Yggdrasil; Veļi – Ghost, shade, formed after a death of a human; Věri Şělen – Chuvash dragon; Vetala – Corpses possessed by vampiric spirits
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.
[b] [7] The myth reappears in the late romantic literature, in poems such as Călin (file de poveste) (Călin (story pages)) and Luceafărul (The Evening Star) (1884) by Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu. The zburător (sburător [8]) myth became one of the four fundamental myths in Romanian folk poetry according to the framework of George ...
Pages in category "Romani legendary creatures" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Mullo (vampire) U.