Strzyga (Strix): Slavic Malevolent Winged Female Demon With Two Souls That Usually Haunts Churches, Towers, Barns

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - In Slavic mythology, this winged demon is called Strzyga (in Polish). In other cultures, it is the belief known as Strix (Strigoi). Rarely known in the male form, Strzyga is somewhat similar to a vampire.

Strzyga, Gods Of The Slavs-Dariusz Fluder, 2022 - https://dariuszfluder.com/bogowie-slowian/- CC BY-SA 4.0

In Greco-Roman beliefs, a witch was called a strix (Strigoi), who took the form of a bird under the cover of night. In classical antiquity, the strix was a bird of ill omen.

According to some accounts, this ominous, large-headed bird had a human face, human fingers curved like claws, greyish-white bat wings, yellow, transfixed eyes, four legs, and a long, voracious beak, which was used to suck the blood of its victims or to feed on their bodies. Her breath was believed to be poisoned, and her victims were most often sleeping infants.

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