Kallikantzaros
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The kallikantzaros is a malevolent creature in modern Greek folklore.
Kallikatzaros
Pencil illustration from 2020 depicting a hairy kallikantzaros with goat legs, donkey ears, burning red eyes, and a long tail
Vampire
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A vampire is a mythical creature with a human-like appearance that subsists by feeding on the vital essence of humans. In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that visit loved one
Kallikantzaros
…and glossed as "mischievous demon", suggests the Albanian term karkantšolji, meaning "gypsy ghost", borrowed from Turkish kara-kondjolos ("werewolf, vampire", from kara "black" and koncolos "bloodsucker, werewolf"). The Turkish-Albanian origin was endorsed by Albanologists such as Maximilian Lambertz (1973…
The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897
Vampire (1895) by Edvard Munch
A runestone with an inscription to keep the deceased in its grave
800-year-old skeleton found in Bulgaria stabbed through the chest with an iron rod