Dwojeduschnik

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Dwojeduschnik ( Russian Двоедушник , scientific. Transliteration Dvoedušnik ) is in Slavic folklore for a creature with two hearts and two souls , a human and a demon . You can part with either of the two for a short time to hurt other people.

This " vampire species " often hides its soul under a stone and can only be killed if it is found.

literature

  • Claude Lecouteux: The History of the Vampires. Düsseldorf: Artemis & Winkler, 2001. ISBN 3-538-07127-6
  • Peter Mario Kreuter: The vampire belief in Southeast Europe. Studies on genesis, meaning and function. Romania and the Balkans , Weidler, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-89693-709-4 (dissertation University of Bonn 2001, 218 pages).

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