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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 ...
Strigoi – Romania with the following variations: Strigoaica; Moroi; Strix – Ancient Rome with the following spelling variations: Striga; Stirge; Strige; Strzyga – Slavic; Suangi – New Guinea; Sukuyan – Caribbean; Succubus – Judeo-Christian; Sybaris – Greece
First edition (publ. Cultura Națională) Miss Christina (Romanian: Domnișoara Christina) is a 1936 novella by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade.It tells the story of the attraction between a female strigoi—an undead human from Romanian folklore—and a young man who visits the house she haunts.
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Stories suggest God made the Earth with the help of animals, while the Devil was trying to thwart his plans. [1]: 11–12 [2] In the majority of versions, before the earth existed, a boundless ocean called Apa Sâmbetei was the abode of God and the Devil, seen as master and servant rather than equals. In these stories the Devil goes by the name ...
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 ...
The legend tells that, for 16 years after his death, Jure would arise from his grave by night and terrorize the village. [4] The village priest, named Giorgio, who had buried Jure sixteen years previously discovered that at night, somebody would knock on the doors around the village and on whichever door he knocked, someone from that house would die within the next few days.
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.