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| '''Mullo''' ('''Muli''' is the female, '''Mulo''' is the male) is either an [[undead]], revenant, or [[vampire]] of Roma folklore.
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| ==Origin==
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| '''Mullo''' is the word standing for [[vampire]] in Gypsy lore.
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| This [[vampire]] was believed to return and do bad things and/or suck the blood of a person.
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| The victim was usually a relative who had caused their [[death]], or not properly observed the burial ceremonies, or who kept the deceased's possessions instead of destroying them following the tradition.
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| ===Etymology===
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| ''Mullo'' stands for ''one who is dead'', so a Gypsy [[vampire]] would be called ''Mullo''.
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| ==Main Belief==
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| Female vampires could return, lead a normal life and even marry but would exhaust the husband, as if it were an [[Incubus (demon)]].
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| Anyone who had a hideous appearance, was missing a finger, or had animal appendages, etc. was believed to be a [[vampire]].
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| Even plants or dogs, cats, or farm animals could turn into vampires. Pumpkins or melons kept in the house too long would start to move, make noises or show blood.
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| To get rid of a [[vampire]] people would hire a [[Dhampir]], the son of a vampire and a widow.
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| To ward off [[vampire]]s, gypsies drove steel or iron needles into a corpse's heart and placed bits of steel in the mouth, over the eyes, ears and between the fingers at the time of burial. They also placed hawthorn in the corpse's sock or drove a hawthorn stake through the legs.
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| Further measures included driving stakes into the grave, pouring boiling water over it, decapitating the corpse, or burning it.
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| ==References==
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| *Guiley, Rosemary E. ''The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters'' (2004,Checkmark Books) ISBN 0-816-04684-0
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| *Tatomir Vukanovic ''The Vampire'' ''Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society'', 3rd ser. Part 1: 36(3-4): 125-133; Part 2: 37(1-2): 21-31; Part 3: 37(3-4): 111-118; Part 4: 39(1-2): 44-55. Reprinted in ''Vampires of the Slavs'', ed. Jan Perkowski (Cambridge, Mass.: Slavica, 1976), 201-234.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Dhampir]]
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| *[[Ghoul]]
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| *[[Incubus (demon)]]
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| *[[Succubus]]
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| *[[undead]]
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| *[[Vampire]]
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| ==Links==
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| *[http://www.monstrous.com Monstrous]
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| *[http://www.answers.com/topic/dhampir Answers.com]
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| *[http://experts.about.com/e/m/mu/Mullo.htm Mullo]
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| [[Category:Vampires]]
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