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Illustration of Hooh-Strah-Dooh
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Hooh-Strah-Dooh

Amasiko nezinganekwaneAbangafiAmadimoni noma imimoya emibi

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

Lwa nayo
Imvelaphi
Wyandot (Huron)
I-USA, I-Canada
Okuyibangela
Amadimoni noma imimoya emibi
A spirit enters dead bodies and uses them.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
A corpse is taken over by the spirit.
Izindawo ezibuthaka
  • redbud, used as a ward
amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo yimithombo

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

Imithombo

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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