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Pijavica

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The pijavica, or 'leech', is a vampire-type revenant of the Slovene and Croatian lands. A sinful life, above all incest, was believed to produce one. It is destroyed by fire or laid by exorcism in its grave. The name records the blood-drinking that distinguishes Balkan walking dead from their northern counterparts.1

Bashyire ku murwano
Inkomoko
Slovene and Croatian
Siloveniya, Korowasiya, Cekiya, Silovakiya
Icyayiteye
Umuvumo
An evil life, incest between mother and son being singled out, turns a person into one after death.
Uko umuntu ahinduka zombi
Someone who led a wicked life, especially one who committed incest.
Intege nke
  • fire, if it is caught awake
  • exorcism, if it is found in its grave by day
  • garlic and wine at the windows
inyandiko zo ku kibuga

Ibyo amasoko avuga

1

The name means 'leech'1

2

Recorded in Croatia and Slovenia, with the word also known in Czech and Slovak1

3

Households protected the windows with garlic and wine1

4

It has to be burned if encountered active1

5

A priest's exorcism suffices if it is found lying in the grave1

Amasoko

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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Vampir (South Slavic)South Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Bosnian), 1725UpiórSlavic, 1100Johannes CuntiusSilesian (German), 1582Jure GrandoIstrian (Croatian), 1672FextCzech and central European, 1630KozlakDalmatian (Croatian)

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