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Vampir (South Slavic)

Maqaa biraa: вампир, vampir, vukodlak
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaDu'aa ka'eDu'a ykn awwaalcha hamaa1500 hanga 1899

The vampir of the Balkans is the original vampire, and in its folk form it is a walking corpse and not a caped aristocrat. It rises from a neighbour's grave, takes forty days to become solid and preys on its family and village until the body is staked, beheaded or burned. Austrian officials documented the belief in occupied Serbia in the 1720s and 1730s, and the word spread across Europe. It is included here as the base tradition from which the literary vampire and the plague-like walking dead both descend.12

Lolsiisi
Yeroo jalqabaaf kan galmeeffame
1725
Brought to European attention by the Austrian reports from Serbia of 1725 and 1732
Ka'umsa
South Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Bosnian)
Serbiyaa, Bulgaariyaa, Kiroweeshiyaa, Bosniyaa fi Herzegoviinaa
Maaltu isa fida
Du'a ykn awwaalcha hamaa
A bad life, a bad death or a flawed burial; an animal or bird passing over the corpse was a classic trigger.
Akkamitti isa taata
Sorcerers, suicides, the excommunicated, the improperly buried and people born with a caul, teeth or a tail were at risk; so was any corpse an animal had stepped over.
Beekumsa
Beekumsa muraasa
Bakkeewwan laafoo
  • a stake, in Bulgaria an iron one, through the heart
  • beheading
  • burning

Yoom jalqaba mul'ate?

Addunyaa duriiJaarraa Gidduugaleessaa1500 hanga 18991900 hanga 19671968 hanga 19992000 hanga 20092010 hanga har'aa1725

Brought to European attention by the Austrian reports from Serbia of 1725 and 1732

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Maddoonni maal jedhu

1

South Slavic belief has it form over forty days, from a shadow to a boneless mass to a human-like body12

2

Usually male, and able to father children, the dhampirs who can detect and kill vampires12

3

It could appear as a butterfly12

4

Often posed as a normal person, roaming at night to drink blood12

5

The Plogojowitz and Paole cases gave this village belief its international name12

Maddoota

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia
  2. List of vampiric creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi maddoota kana irraa dhufe, jechoota keenyaan barreeffame. Dogoggora argitee? [email protected] irratti nutti himi.

Tuuta nyaachisi. Beeksisa hin jiru, hordoftuun hin jiru, nama tokkoon kaffalama. Gumaachi toora irra akka turu godha.Gumaacha kenni

Seenaa aadaa biyyoota wal fakkaatan irraa

Arnold PaoleSerbian, 1732Peter PlogojowitzSerbian, 1725Jure GrandoIstrian (Croatian), 1672KozlakDalmatian (Croatian)MhachkayTatar and wider Turkic, 1833PijavicaSlovene and Croatian

Bara wal fakkaataa: 1500 hanga 1899

JiangshiChinese, 1789Zombi (Haitian)Haitian (Vodou folklore), 1750StrigoiRomanian, 1714AbhartachIrish, 1870ChurelSouth Asian, 1880NachzehrerGerman, 1800
Tuuta nyaachisiGumaacha kenni