Strigoi
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ro:Strigoi In Romanian mythology, strigoi (same form both singular and plural) are the evil souls of the dead rising from the tombs during the night to haunt the neighbourhood. A strigoaicǎ (singular feminine form) is a witch.
These names are derived from "a striga", which means in Romanian "to yell", cognate with Italian "strega", which means "witch", and descended from the Latin word strix, for a shrieking vampiric bird. Strigoi viu (plural: Strigoi vii) is a live vampire witch. Strigoi mort (plural: Strigoi morţi) is a dead (undead) vampire.
External link
The Strigoi (http://www.greatquail.com/vampire/strigoi.html) (This link is not about the folkloric romanian Strigoi, but about a version modified to play such a creature in the role playing game Vampire: The Masquerade.)