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Kozlak

Also called: kuzlac, kozlak
Folklore and mythUndeadA bad death or burial

The kozlak is a Dalmatian revenant, the returned corpse of someone who died after a sinful life. It haunts crossroads and burial grounds and is put down with a stake. The record in the source consulted is short. It is one of several regional names for the walking dead along the eastern Adriatic.1

Battle it
Origin
Dalmatian (Croatian)
Croatia
What causes it
A bad death or burial
The recently dead who lived sinfully come back.
How you become one
A sinful life.
Weak spots
  • a stake
field notes

What the sources say

1

Known in Dalmatia on the Adriatic coast1

2

It is the recently dead, not the long buried, who return1

3

Associated with crossroads as well as cemeteries1

4

Killed by staking1

5

Listed alongside the mora, a female blood-drinker of the same region1

Sources

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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