Moroi & Others In Romanian & Balkan FolkloresteemCreated with Sketch.

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Moroi
Moroi



Moroi is a type of vampire ,A female moroi is called a moroaică, in Romanian Folklore, In some versions moroi is a spirit of a dead person which leaves the grave to suck energy from the living.

The Moroi bloodline is bo bound to the serve the Ordo Dracul; According to legend Dracula himself recruited them.


They are rare and secret weapons & employed as assassins

Strigoi are troubled the spirits that are said to have risen from the grave, they can shapeshift, they can become invisible, and they can gain vitality by sucking the blood of their victim

Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando was a villager from the region of Istria (Modern Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records, I will do a detailed post on him on the upcoming days

Vrykolakas eat flesh, particularly livers, rather than drink blood

Vrykolakas have the same characteristics as vampires in Balkan folklore.

They do not decay; instead, they swell. At the time only redheads and people with gray eyes had encountered them

According to the legend they were causing activity quite similar to poltergeists, their activities are always harmful, causing stress on the residents, knock on the doors, call the name of the residents.If it gets no reply the first time, it will pass without causing any harm. If someone does answer the door, he or she will die a few days later and become another vrykolakas.

Legends also say that the vrykolakas crushes or suffocates the sleeping by sitting on them, much like succubus / incubus

Vrykolakas becomes more and more powerful if left alone, according to legend one should destroy its body. According to some accounts, this can only be done on Saturday, which is the only day when the vrykolakas rests in its grave, the most common being to get rid of them are, exorcising, impaling, beheading, cutting into pieces, and especially cremating the suspected corpse, so that it may be freed from living death and its victims may be safe.


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