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Illustration of Hooh-Strah-Dooh
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Kayit No. 426 ci 446

Hooh-Strah-Dooh

Léeb ak cosaanNéew yu dundaatSeytaane walla rab yu bon

The Hooh-Strah-Dooh is a corpse-possessing spirit of the Wyandot people. It animates the dead in order to eat the living. The record is brief. It is nonetheless a clear instance of a flesh-eating reanimated corpse in a Native North American tradition.1

Xeexal ko
Cosaan
Wyandot (Huron)
Amerig, Kanadaa
Lan moo ko waral
Seytaane walla rab yu bon
A spirit enters dead bodies and uses them.
Naka ngay doone benn
A corpse is taken over by the spirit.
Fi mu néewe doole
  • redbud, used as a ward
notu gëstu

Li sours yi wax

1

Described as a spirit that inhabits corpses1

2

It uses the bodies to devour the living1

3

Redbud was believed to keep it away1

4

Listed among North American vampire-like beings in comparative surveys1

5

Little else about it is recorded in the source consulted1

Sours yi

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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