folklore, the vrykolakas are described more as cannibals than bloodsuckers with a taste in particular for human livers. Since the vrykolakas becomes more...
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word for a vampire is "Vardoulacha". This in itself is a corruption of vrykolakas, which does come from the Slavic vukodlak. In 2023, Sam J. Miller's short...
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Centaur) Nymph Protestantism Psychai Sikhism Thymiaterion Name days Vrykolakas Wayside shrine Sport Ancient Olympics Baseball Basketball Cricket Football...
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Guillermo del Toro. Lists of legendary creatures Ogre Gallu Bogeyman Preta Vrykolakas Wendigo Ghoul (miniseries) El-Zein, Amira (2009). Islam, Arabs, and the...
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volkodlak, volkolak, vukodlak, wurdulak, etc.; Romanian Vârcolac; and Greek Vrykolakas (both borrowed from the Slavic term). Marquis d'Urfé, a young French diplomat...
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Europe were also known by different names, such as shtriga in Albania, vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania, cognate to Italian 'Strega', meaning...
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Rooster that sits atop the tree Vodyanoy (Slavic) – Male water spirit Vrykolakas (Greek) – Undead wolf-human hybrid Vættir (Norse) – Nature spirit A B...
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include those of the Nereids, the Kalikantzaros, the Lycanthrope and the Vrykolakas, which is similar to the Vampire of slavic folklore. Greek traditional...
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Keres (Κῆρες), spirits of violent or cruel death in Greek mythology Vrykolakas, a creature similar to a zombie The Green Lady, a restless female spirit...
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Centaur) Nymph Protestantism Psychai Sikhism Thymiaterion Name days Vrykolakas Wayside shrine Art Literature Ancient (to 4th century AD) Byzantine (4th–15th...
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