THE CONCORDANCE

fertility

2 records across 2 traditions carry this current.

Eastern Europe · 1

StrigoiUndead · RomaniaIn Romanian folklore a strigoi may be a living person whose soul wanders at night, or a dead revenant who returns to trouble family and herd. Distinct from the Polish strzyga and from literary Dracula.

South Asia · 1

YakshiShapeshifter · IndiaIn Kerala nocturnal folklore, a yakshi may appear as a beautiful woman of the night road who lures travellers; this is not the same figure as the auspicious yakṣī of temple sculpture, nor as yaksha beings more broadly.