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Pijavica
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
Origin
Slovene and Croatian
Slovenia, Croatia, Czechia, SlovakiaWhat causes it
A curse
An evil life, incest between mother and son being singled out, turns a person into one after death.How you become one
Someone who led a wicked life, especially one who committed incest.
Weak spots
- fire, if it is caught awake
- exorcism, if it is found in its grave by day
- garlic and wine at the windows
field notes
What the sources say
Sources
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Vampir (South Slavic)
Upiór
Johannes Cuntius
Jure Grando
Fext
Kozlak
Ghoul
Pocong
Ro-langs
Toyol
Xiangxi walking corpses
Condenado