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Mullo
Also called: mulo, muli, mule
The mullo is the returning dead of Romani tradition. It is a revenant with a grievance, coming back for those who caused its death, skimped its funeral or kept its property. Protective measures concentrate on the corpse itself, which is pinned with metal and thorn before or after burial. It shares its methods, and the figure of the dhampir, with the vampire beliefs of the Balkans.12
Origin
Romani
What causes it
A bad death or burial
A sudden, unnatural death or a funeral not carried out properly.How you become one
Someone who dies unnaturally, or whose relatives neglect the burial rites or keep the dead person's belongings instead of destroying them.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
- steel or iron needles driven into the corpse's heart at burial
- pieces of steel in the mouth, over the eyes and ears and between the fingers
- hawthorn in the sock or a hawthorn stake through the legs
- boiling water poured on the grave
- decapitation
- burning
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