Lüdérc

Lüdérc
(Lu-DER-ric)
Variations: LIDÉRC, Ludverc
In Hungry, there is a vampire called a lüdércthat looks like a shooting star in the night sky. Specializing in preying on people whose spouses have just died, it enters into the home of the bereaved and shape-shifts into the deceased. Then, it seduces the grieving spouse and engages in sex, draining him of his blood much like an INCUBUS or SUCCUBUS.
Source: Dégh, Legend and Belief, 103; Dundes, Vampire Casebook, 94; International Society, Folk Narrative and Cultural Identity, 305; Pócs, Between the Living and the Dead, 48­49

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