Moroii

The Origins of the Moroii

The moroii is a type of vampire or ghost, mainly stemming from Romanian folklore. It refers to a vampire like creature who either returns from the dead, or is a spirit from other origins, such as a demon or other entity. A moroii is like a vampire in that essentially, it preys off of the ...
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Strigoi

In Romanian folklore, a strigoi is the evil soul of the dead, or living, who rises up from the grave or from the person it belongs to, with the sole purpose of doing them harm. The singular feminine form of the word is strigoaic?, and it means “witch.” The strigoi are closer in relation to ...
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Mora

The term mora comes first from Polish mythology. A mora, or plural, mora can appear in the night as a whisp of hair, a moth, or a piece of straw. In some Slavic languages mora also means literally, “moth.” In Serbian, the word mora means “nightmare”, whereas in other legends it is Mora, or Mara. ...
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Pricolici

The word “pricolici” is unknown in origin, but comes from Romanian folklore. Unlike strigoi, moroi, or even varcolac or mora, the pricolici was not as general a term for vampire, witch or goblin. The word pricolici was almost always a term for werewolf instead, in Romanian mythology. However, like the strigoi, they are the undead ...
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Varcolac

The varcolac has some elements of his character that match with those of other characters. For example, sometimes he resembles a wolf demon, known to swallow the moon or the sun during an eclipse. This belief is shared of the Norse legend on Fenris, or Fenrir, the son of Loki, –also destined to consume and ...
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