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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

Ita hondo
Kwakabva
Slovene and Croatian
Slovenia, Croatia, Czechia, Slovakia
Chikonzero chacho
Chituko
An evil life, incest between mother and son being singled out, turns a person into one after death.
Kuti munhu anova zombie sei
Someone who led a wicked life, especially one who committed incest.
Utera
  • fire, if it is caught awake
  • exorcism, if it is found in its grave by day
  • garlic and wine at the windows
zvinyorwa zvemumunda

Zvinotaurwa nezvinyorwa

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

Zvinyorwa

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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Ngano dzekunyika dzimwe chete

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

Zvimwe zvakafanana

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
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