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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.
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]
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.
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)
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The book also emphasises "five principles" that vampires (Strigoi Vii) should follow: 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]