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A '''pricolici''' (same form in plural) is a [[werewolf]] in '''Romanian mythology'''. Similar to a [[varcolac]], although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics.
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A '''Pricolici''' (same form in plural) is a [[werewolf]] in [[Romanian mythology]]. Similar to a [[vârcolac]], although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics.
==Origin==


Pricolici, like [[strigoi]], are undead souls that have risen from the grave to harm living people. While a strigoi possesses anthropomorphic qualities similar to the ones it had before death, a pricolici always resembles a wolf or large dog. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming other humans.
The first written reference to pricolici is dated 1716 in a Latin manuscript about history of Moldavia, where the pricolici is compared to the French '''loup-garou''', or [[werewolf]].


Even as recently as modern times, many people living in rural areas of Romania have claimed to have been viciously attacked by abnormally large and fierce wolves. Apparently, these wolves attack silently, unexpectedly and only solitary targets. Victims of such attacks often claim that their aggressor wasn't an ordinary wolf, but a pricolici who has come back to life to continue wreaking havoc.
===Behaviour/Features===
 
The pricolici usually feeds on its relatives.
If exhumed its body is found facedown with blood smearing its lips.
The blood must be fed to those attacked by the pricolici in order to regain their fading health.
 
===Etymology===
 
The orgin of the word “pricoloci” is not certain, though ''–lici'' has been related to the modern Greek term standing for “wolf”.
 
 
==Main Belief==
 
Pricolici, like [[strigoi]], are undead souls that have risen from the grave to harm living people.
 
While a strigoi possesses anthropomorphic qualities similar to the ones it had before death, a pricolici always resembles a wolf or large dog. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming other humans.
 
In Romanian Lore the pricolici is the returning dead, associated with the eclipse vampire, the so-called '''varcolac'''.
 
An infant suckling after being weaned will become a pricolici after death and will torment his/her relatives, especially the mother.
 
 
===Modern Belief===
 
Even as recently as modern times, many people living in rural areas of Romania have claimed to have been viciously attacked by abnormally large and fierce wolves.  
 
Apparently, these wolves attack silently, unexpectedly and only solitary targets.  
 
Victims of such attacks often claim that their aggressor wasn't an ordinary wolf, but a '''pricolici''' who came back to life to continue wreaking havoc.
 
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Dopplesauger]]
*[[Strigoi]]
*[[Werewolf]]
*[[Vampire]]
*[[Varcolac]]
 
 
==References==
 
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816046859/ref=sr_11_1/103-2389135-2274242?ie=UTF8 Guiley, Rosemary Ellen ''The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves and Other Monsters'']
 
 
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[[Category:Romanian mythology]] [[Category:Corporeal undead]]
[[Category:Vampires]] [[Category:Shapeshifters]]

Revision as of 10:29, 14 July 2006

A pricolici (same form in plural) is a werewolf in Romanian mythology. Similar to a varcolac, although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics.


Origin

The first written reference to pricolici is dated 1716 in a Latin manuscript about history of Moldavia, where the pricolici is compared to the French loup-garou, or werewolf.

Behaviour/Features

The pricolici usually feeds on its relatives. If exhumed its body is found facedown with blood smearing its lips. The blood must be fed to those attacked by the pricolici in order to regain their fading health.

Etymology

The orgin of the word “pricoloci” is not certain, though –lici has been related to the modern Greek term standing for “wolf”.


Main Belief

Pricolici, like strigoi, are undead souls that have risen from the grave to harm living people.

While a strigoi possesses anthropomorphic qualities similar to the ones it had before death, a pricolici always resembles a wolf or large dog. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming other humans.

In Romanian Lore the pricolici is the returning dead, associated with the eclipse vampire, the so-called varcolac.

An infant suckling after being weaned will become a pricolici after death and will torment his/her relatives, especially the mother.


Modern Belief

Even as recently as modern times, many people living in rural areas of Romania have claimed to have been viciously attacked by abnormally large and fierce wolves.

Apparently, these wolves attack silently, unexpectedly and only solitary targets.

Victims of such attacks often claim that their aggressor wasn't an ordinary wolf, but a pricolici who came back to life to continue wreaking havoc.


See Also


References


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