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Lugat

Also called: liogat, llugat
Folklore and mythUndeadVaries

The lugat is the Albanian undead, a violent night creature that hides wherever sunlight never reaches. It can only be dealt with when it is lying in its grave, where it is burned. One proposed etymology derives the name from a Latin phrase meaning 'false wolf', linking it to the werewolf-vampire overlap found across the Balkans. It is little known outside Albania but belongs to the same family as the vrykolakas and the Slavic vampire.12

Battle it
Origin
Albanian
Albania
What causes it
Never explained
The sources consulted do not say how a person becomes one.
How it moves
Varies
Lives in dark places such as wells, ruins and caves, and is said to fly and ride the winds.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • burning it in its grave by day; it cannot be killed at night
field notes

What the sources say

1

Believed to go about wearing the skin of a dead person12

2

Has a terrifying face and long fingernails12

3

Attacks sleepers and lures children into the dark12

4

Around Mount Tomorr a lugat that is not burned in time becomes a kukudh12

5

The word is also an insult for a wicked or frightening person12

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (varies), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Lugat about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Lugat - Wikipedia
  2. Kukudh - Wikipedia

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