Re: [tied] Re: Vampire

cristi mindrut wrote:

> about the following:
>
> Romanian folkore makes reference to a couple of fabulous beings
> having some "vampire" attributes. There is "vârcolac" (the closest
> equivalent of `vampire`) -- an undetermined being "eating" the Sun
> or the Moon during eclipses but also a non-dead blood-sucking guy;
> obviously, the etymon is Slavic (Bulgarian "vãrkolak"). There are
> also other kinds of non-dead guys (merely kinds of ghosts) from
> which the most vampire-like word could be "strigoi" (still Slavic).

I am not sure varkolac is slavic. I see it in connection with
"zvârcoli", thu sI have my doubts regarding this one. The Slavic "vâlku"
should be the appropiate word here?

> other undead beeing is "moroi", i would relate it with the
> word "mort"="dead" and "omorit"="killed", from "a muri"="to die",
> and "a omori"="to kill"

here you reach a funny subject. There is " a muri" ( to die) &
derivatives considered to be from Latin and there is "a omorâ" which is
considered to derive from ...Slavic:-)

Alex