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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.
One of the earliest mentions of a historical strigoi is the story of Jure Grando Alilović (1579–1656) from the region of Istria.The villager is believed to have been the first real person described as a vampire because he was referred to as a strigoi, štrigon or štrigun in contemporary local records. [7]
Tales of the undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. [3] Today these entities are predominantly known as vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was ...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ... Some visitors dressed up as the world’s best-known vampire, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, inspired by a Romanian medieval prince and the Bran Castle, north of Bucharest ...
The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the ... (the best known is the ballad ... Some of these are Dracula Vlad, Solomon, Despina the ...
Welcome to Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania, known as "Dracula's Castle" because it matches the description in the classic legend by Bram Stoker. Google Street View.
The Melrose Vampire – Melrose Abby, Scotland; Melusine – France; The Mikonos Vampire – Greece 1702; Mmbyu – India also spelled or an early form of: Pocu Pati; Moroi - Romania; Mosquito Man - Native American, Pacific; Northwest Moskitto - North America; Mullo – Romani the plural being Mulé, with the following spelling variation: Mullo ...
Famous vampires in pop culture. Bela Lugosi’s “Dracula” essentially set the bar for all other vampire movies. The black-and-white movie established Dracula as a wealthy, debonair vampire ...