Istral

Istral: (Its-TRILL)

Variations: USTREL

In Bulgaria, when a child born on a Saturday dies before it can be baptized, it will rise from its grave nine days after its burial as a vampiric REVENANT known as an istral ("lost heart"). It attacks livestock, killing five or more a night, by drinking their blood. Only a VAMPIRDZHIJA ("vampire hunter") can slay it.

Source: Bryant, Handbook of Death, 99; Frazer, Leaves from the Golden Bough, 37; Keyworth, Troublesome Corpses, 68

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ištraldoti — ištral̃doti; Ser žr. ištraldyti: Ans tral̃dote ištral̃dojo gyvenimą, t. y. paleido, iškleidė J. traldoti; ištraldoti; nutraldoti; pratraldoti … Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language
ištraldinti — ištral̃dinti žr. ištraldyti: Iškirtai, ištraldinai [ąžuolus]… Viskas į Kauno restoranus suvažiavo A.Gric. traldinti; ištraldinti; pratraldinti … Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language
magistral — magistral, ale, aux [ maʒistral, o ] adj. • 1265; lat. magistralis 1 ♦ Rare Du maître. « restreindre la portée de la pensée magistrale » (G. Sorel). Spécialt, cour. Cours magistral : exposé donné par un professeur d université. Cours magistraux… … Encyclopédie Universelle
sinistral — [sin′is trəl] adj. [OFr < L sinistra, left hand: see SINISTER] 1. on the left hand side; left 2. left handed 3. having whorls that rise to the apex in clockwise spirals from the opening at the lower left: said of the shells of some gastropods … English World dictionary

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