THE CONCORDANCE
unclean dead
3 records across 2 traditions carry this current.
Eastern Europe · 3
DrekavacA South Slavic night-being often linked with the souls of unbaptised or improperly buried dead. Its cry is the warning; descriptions of its body shift from village to village.UpyrA Slavic term for a dangerous returning dead figure, often associated with improper burial or an unclean death. Later vampire fiction borrows the word but should not overwrite older regional meanings.VukodlakA South Slavic wolf-skinned being whose name means wolf-hair. In Serbia, Bosnia, and neighbouring lands the word often names a revenant that drinks blood, not the literary werewolf of Western Europe.
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