In 2023, in
#Poland, yet another grave was discovered¹ with several common anti-vampire tracts:
- The body was placed downward
- A sickle was placed on the body's neck
- A lock was placed on its feet
In that case, if the buried one was a
#vampire, or tried to come back among the living, those gimmicks hopefully would have stopped it.
It wasn't uncommon, in Eastern Europe, to have legends and beliefs about vampires. In
#Slavic mythology:
- The strzyga, not to be confused with the worshippers of Morana or Striga (Stribog's² female counterpart), was believed some kind of vampire or demon
- Strigoi³ were vampiric spirits and witches
- A kresnik⁴ (not the homonymous god) was a shamanic worker who was said to hunt vampires and protect villages form malicious spirits
- It was common to put some "extra precautions" in some tombs, as copper coins in the mouth of the deceased as expedient against evil
¹
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anti-vampire-graves-poland²
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stribog³
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigoi⁴
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krsnik_(vampire_hunter)@mythology #mythology
![A modern representation, in metal, as a medallion of a strzyga. From Wikimedia description: "An Old Slavic female demon with two souls, two hearts and two rows of teeth confused with a vampire. According to records, Strigas were supposed to come from <br />girls (newborns) who were born with teeth to be able to lead the life of a predator." Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STRZYGA.jpg](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/files-thefolklore-cafe/media_attachments/files/112/490/854/343/313/393/original/7282399ba1b1a0c8.jpg "A modern representation, in metal, as a medallion of a strzyga. From Wikimedia description: "An Old Slavic female demon with two souls, two hearts and two rows of teeth confused with a vampire. According to records, Strigas were supposed to come from <br />girls (newborns) who were born with teeth to be able to lead the life of a predator." Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STRZYGA.jpg")
