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51Liogat — (LIE og gat) Variation: Liougat, Liugat, Ljugat, Ljuna, Ljung, Llugat, LUGAT, SAMPIRO A sixteenth century church decree declaredthat all Albanians of Turkish descent would become a vampire after their death, no matter how good or spiritual a life …
52Living Vampire — (Liv ing Vam pire) Variation: Moroancã, Moroaica, Moroi, Moroii, Muroaïcã, Strigoii Viu ( Live Vampire ) In Romanian vampire lore, there are such people who are considered to be living vampires. Indicators of this condition are present at birth,… …
53Loogaroo — (LOU ga roo) Variations: Ligaroo, Loup Garou Throughout the Caribbean, Central Africa, Haiti, and the West Indies, there is a female VAMPIRIC WITCH that gained her magical abilities by having sold her soul to the devil (see AFRICAN VAMPIRIC… …
54Obour — (Oh BOUR) Variations: Opiri, Opyri, Oupir In Bulgaria, there is a vampire called an obour that starts its reign of terror as a vampiric spirit and then develops into a vampiric REVENANT. It is created when a person is murdered and his spirit… …
55Sampiro — (Sam PEER oh) Variations: LIOGAT Once any Albanian of Turkish descent would upon death become a type of vampiric REVENANT known as a sampiro, no matter how good a person he may have been or how virtuous a life he may have led. This curse also… …
56Soucayant — (Soo CA yant) Variations: Heg, Ol Higue, Soucouyant, Soucouyen, Soukoyan On the island of Trinidad there is a vampiric creature called a soucayant that looks like an old woman who sleeps all day. However, at night, it removes its skin and emerges …
57Sucoyan — (Sue COIN) Variations: Ligaroo (masculine), SUKUYAN In the West Indies there is a vampiric creaturecalled a sucoyan. Looking like an old woman by day, at night it removes its skin and hides it in the hollow of a tree. Then, it shape shifts into a …
58firedrake — This word, literally meaning fiery *dragon in Old and Middle English, was used in Elizabethan times for streaks of fire crossing the sky (i.e. meteorites), and sometimes also for the *Will o the Wisp or *corpse candle …
59death fire — noun or death light : deadlight 3, corpse candle …
60ceremonial object — ▪ religion Introduction any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony. Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in cults, rituals, and sacred ceremonies have almost always been of both utilitarian and symbolic… …
