Some creatures of ancient Slavic daemonology, like vampires and strigoi have gone on to earn some worldwide notoriety – and even became part of popular culture. Slavic mythology, by contrast, remains ...

Its reputation as one of the most powerful aquatic creatures in Slavic mythology causes fear at the mere mention of its name.

Moreover, rather than populating the area of the mythical, and today that of the pop, the Slavic vampire was very much part of ... interested primarily in the blood of young virgins (but other ...