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The Latin feminine plural form of ''stryx'' is ''striges''. The association of Striges with screech owls gave rise to the term ''owl-blasted'', meaning wa

...in Haiti; '''Vudu''' in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based [[Spiritism|spiritist]]-[[Animism|animist]] r ...ced by Central African traditions. The Kongo rite, also known in the north of Haiti as Lemba (originally a cult practiced among the Bakongo) is as widesp

...s organic components. The term is often used to illustrate the functioning of a system. [[Image:Homunculus.jpg|thumb|19th century engraving of Goethe's Faust and Homunculus]]

...ntasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being stock characters. ...ad the originally meaning of ''supernatural'' or ''Magic'' with an overlay of ''malignant'' and ''perilous''. Another likely suggestion is that it means