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Pijavica

Folklore und MythenUntotEin Fluch

The pijavica, or 'leech', is a vampire-type revenant of the Slovene and Croatian lands. A sinful life, above all incest, was believed to produce one. It is destroyed by fire or laid by exorcism in its grave. The name records the blood-drinking that distinguishes Balkan walking dead from their northern counterparts.1

Gegen ihn kämpfen
Herkunft
Slovene and Croatian
Slowenien, Kroatien, Tschechien, Slowakei
Was es auslöst
Ein Fluch
An evil life, incest between mother and son being singled out, turns a person into one after death.
Wie man einer wird
Someone who led a wicked life, especially one who committed incest.
Schwachstellen
  • fire, if it is caught awake
  • exorcism, if it is found in its grave by day
  • garlic and wine at the windows
Feldnotizen

Was die Quellen sagen

1

The name means 'leech'1

2

Recorded in Croatia and Slovenia, with the word also known in Czech and Slovak1

3

Households protected the windows with garlic and wine1

4

It has to be burned if encountered active1

5

A priest's exorcism suffices if it is found lying in the grave1

Quellen

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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