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Day: June 12, 2017
Are βαμπιρ and βρικόλακας the same word in modern Greek?
As other answers have pointed out, the vrikolakas is an indigenous Greek creature rising from the grave, with its own mythology, which is only somewhat similar with that of the vampire. Andreas Karkavitsas‘ harrowing novella The Beggar (1897) depicts the associated superstitions in detail. When I was a kid, as far as I remember, the […]