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In Romanian mythology, strigoi (same form singular or plural) are the evil souls of the dead rising from the tombs (or living) that transform into an animal or phantomatic apparition during the night to haunt the countryside, troubling whoever it encounters. A strigoaica (singular feminine form) is a witch. Strigoi are also known as "moroi
Moroi

A moroi is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian mythology. A female moroi is called a moroaica . In some versions, a moroi is a wiktionary:phantom of a dead person which leaves the Grave to draw energy from the living....
" in some parts, especially rural areas. They are close relatives of the werewolves known as "pricolici
Pricolici

A Pricolici is a werewolf in Folklore of Romania. Similar to a v?rcolac, although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics....
" or "vârcolac
Vârcolac

A v?rcolac in Romanian folklore may refer to several different figures. In some versions, a v?rcolac is a wolf demon, which, like the Norse mythology Fenris, occasionally swallows the moon and the sun and is thus responsible for eclipses....
i", the latter also meaning "goblin
Goblin

A goblin is an imaginary evil, crabby, and mischievous creature described as a grotesquely disfigured or gnome-like Wiktionary:phantom, that may range in height from that of a dwarf to that of a human....
" at times.

These names are derived from striga, which in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
 meant "witch" or "barn owl
Barn Owl

?:The city in Russia is spelled Barnaul.The Barn Owl is the most Cosmopolitan distribution species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds....
", cognate with Italian strega, which means "witch", and descended from the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 word strix
Strix (mythology)

A strix , occasionally corruption to stirge , was an Ancient Rome legendary creature, usually described as a nocturnal bird of ill omen that fed on human flesh and blood, like a vampire....
, for a shrieking vampiric bird. Strigoi viu (plural: Strigoi vii) is a living vampiric witch. Strigoi mort (plural: Strigoi morti) is a dead (undead
Undead

Undead is a collective name for fictional or legendary beings that are deceased yet behave as if alive. Undead may be incorporeal, such as ghosts, or Body, such as vampires and zombies....
) vampire
Vampire

Vampires are mythology or folklore Revenant who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. In folkloric tales, the undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive....
. They are most often associated with vampire
Vampire

Vampires are mythology or folklore Revenant who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. In folkloric tales, the undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive....
s or zombie
Zombie

A zombie is a reanimated human corpse. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Haitian Vodou, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful sorcerer....
s. According to Romanian mythology a strigoi has ginger hair, blue eyes and two hearts.

By Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
n and Istria
Istria

File:Istria Croatian Adriatic.pngIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner....
n mythology a "štriga" is most likely a woman but there are exceptions when she is a male.






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In Romanian mythology, strigoi (same form singular or plural) are the evil souls of the dead rising from the tombs (or living) that transform into an animal or phantomatic apparition during the night to haunt the countryside, troubling whoever it encounters. A strigoaica (singular feminine form) is a witch. Strigoi are also known as "moroi
Moroi

A moroi is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian mythology. A female moroi is called a moroaica . In some versions, a moroi is a wiktionary:phantom of a dead person which leaves the Grave to draw energy from the living....
" in some parts, especially rural areas. They are close relatives of the werewolves known as "pricolici
Pricolici

A Pricolici is a werewolf in Folklore of Romania. Similar to a v?rcolac, although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics....
" or "vârcolac
Vârcolac

A v?rcolac in Romanian folklore may refer to several different figures. In some versions, a v?rcolac is a wolf demon, which, like the Norse mythology Fenris, occasionally swallows the moon and the sun and is thus responsible for eclipses....
i", the latter also meaning "goblin
Goblin

A goblin is an imaginary evil, crabby, and mischievous creature described as a grotesquely disfigured or gnome-like Wiktionary:phantom, that may range in height from that of a dwarf to that of a human....
" at times.

These names are derived from striga, which in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
 meant "witch" or "barn owl
Barn Owl

?:The city in Russia is spelled Barnaul.The Barn Owl is the most Cosmopolitan distribution species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds....
", cognate with Italian strega, which means "witch", and descended from the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 word strix
Strix (mythology)

A strix , occasionally corruption to stirge , was an Ancient Rome legendary creature, usually described as a nocturnal bird of ill omen that fed on human flesh and blood, like a vampire....
, for a shrieking vampiric bird. Strigoi viu (plural: Strigoi vii) is a living vampiric witch. Strigoi mort (plural: Strigoi morti) is a dead (undead
Undead

Undead is a collective name for fictional or legendary beings that are deceased yet behave as if alive. Undead may be incorporeal, such as ghosts, or Body, such as vampires and zombies....
) vampire
Vampire

Vampires are mythology or folklore Revenant who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. In folkloric tales, the undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive....
. They are most often associated with vampire
Vampire

Vampires are mythology or folklore Revenant who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. In folkloric tales, the undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive....
s or zombie
Zombie

A zombie is a reanimated human corpse. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Haitian Vodou, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful sorcerer....
s. According to Romanian mythology a strigoi has ginger hair, blue eyes and two hearts.

By Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
n and Istria
Istria

File:Istria Croatian Adriatic.pngIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner....
n mythology a "štriga" is most likely a woman but there are exceptions when she is a male. One of the ways for ending her powers is to expose her to public after witnessing her powers. Folklore superstitions also says she can't be killed unless killed while she is feasting on the life force of the prey. We can find this word also in Slovak as striga, whose meaning is witch.

External links

Julia Maria Cristea, (Strigois' Night—St. Andrew's Night), Revista Agero