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that snatched away the body of a boy who had already died, substituting a straw doll. The striges made their presence known by their scream, and a manservant attending to the intrusion discovered a woman and ran her through with a sword so that she groaned, but his whole body turned livid and would
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also came to mean "witches". One paper speculates that this meaning is as old as the 4th century BC, on the basis that in the origin myth of Boios, various names can be connected to the
Macedonia-Thrace region well known for witches. But more concrete examples occur in Ovid's
1083:, p. 135: "As woman-bird, she is .. possessed of a craving for human flesh and blood. Boio transfers this quality to her offspring in human form, to Agrios alone in avian form ."
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as a "terror" to mankind, but noted a widespread belief in Italy that it was a "bloodthirsty monster in bird form." This study surmises that the Greeks later borrowed the concept of
1226:, pp. 330–331 only refers to Carna obtaining her power as compensation for Janus raping her, but the earlier passage in Ovid states a white wand was given to her. Ovid,
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Latin translation: "Polyphonte in Stygem mutata est, avem noctu canentem, cibi potusque exsortem, caput deorsum, pedes imos habentem, belli et seditionis hominibus nuciam"
281:("vampyre owls") devouring the diners' gastrointestinal organs while still alive, and shortening their lifespan. Commentators point to this as attestation that the
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branch, and placating the evil with chopped entrails of pigs, etc. This constitutes an explanation for the custom of eating beans and bacon on the
148:, they threatened to do more harm than that. They were said to disembowel an infant and feed on its blood. Ovid allows the possibilities of the
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is the
Romanian male vampire. Both can scream loudly, especially when they become poltergeists—a trait they have in common with the banshees.
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dismissed this as nonsense and remarked it was impossible to establish what bird was meant by this. The same habit, where the strix
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The tale only survives in the form as recorded by
Antonius who flourished 100–300 AD, but it preserved an older tale from the lost
90:. This is the only thorough description of the strix in Classical literature. Elsewhere, it is described as being dark-colored.
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in his cradle. The assault was detected and interrupted but left the infant with scars on his cheeks and discoloration of his
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dating back to this age (4th century BC). In an opposing view, one study failed to find the ancient Greeks subscribing to the
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is described as a large-headed bird with transfixed eyes, rapacious beak, greyish white wings, and hooked claws in Ovid's
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402:'s rejuvenating concoction which she boiled in a cauldron used a long list of ingredients, including the strix's wings.
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in both name and sense as defined by
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Pliny's comment that "...employed in maledictions" signified that its name invoked in "potent" magic
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There are several examples of the strix's plumage, etc., said to be used as an ingredient in magic.
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Their name was once used as a curse being the only other piece of information Pliny gives here.
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McDonough, Christopher
Michael (1997). "Carna, Proca and the Strix on the Kalends of June".
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as witches, a concept articulated in Ovid, and one scholar estimates the Greeks adopted the
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in later folklore was a bird which squirted milk upon the lips of (human) infants.
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with her sons, and seeks to reconstruct an ancient Greek belief in the man-eating
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The
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away from the newborn prince was subsequently performed by the nymph
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differed, considering it halfway between bird and land animal. See
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according to one interpretation, but it may have only been used as
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being birds of nature, or products of magic, or transformations by
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Oliphant, Samuel Grant (1913). "The Story of the Strix: Ancient".
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The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic
Epistles, Ibis, and Halieuticon of Ovid
596:; historically, this genus was (erroneously) thought to extend to
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herself did not perpetrate harm on humans. But one paper suggests
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on the infant was the prescribed amulet to ward against it.
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The Witch: A History of Fear, from
Ancient Times to Present
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Flights of Fancy: Birds in Myth, Legend, and Superstition
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foul-smelling milk onto an infant's lips is mentioned by
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owls which cry in the marshes in Hades, by the edge of
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Transactions of the American Philological Association
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1407:, and the source of these rivers are the Tartaus.
426:)" or "flying women" ("witches" by transference)
377:, reflecting its regard as an accursed creature.
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1747:. The Johns Hopkins University Press: 133–149.
1711:. The Johns Hopkins University Press: 315–344.
1698:. Cambridge University Press. pp. 176–179.
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922:II, 188, Latin passage quoted and discussed by
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249:may betray an influence of a Latin diminutive
35:"Le Stryge" Chimera overlooks Paris from atop
23:The appearance and calls of owls, such as the
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990:Bostock, John; Riley, H.T., ed., tr., Pliny,
212:, dated to before the end of 4th century BC.
1638:Antōninou Liberalis Metamorphōseōn Sunagōgē
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67:and related malevolent folkloric beings.
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546:, a form of witchcraft. In Romanian,
1649:Ovid (1851). Riley, Henry T. (ed.).
1610:. Psychology Press. pp. 77–78.
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1020:. Random House Publishing Group.
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564:is also the Romanian name of the
414:(early 1st century AD) where the
1480:, as in Antonius Libellus above.
1399:, one of two rivers forming the
1348:VII, 269. More, Brookes (1922),
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259:Early passing reference in Latin
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1513:John of Damascus, I, p. 473 (
865:. Routledge. pp. 2032f.
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1586:General and cited references
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1107:of the fourth century."
319:. A ritual to keep the
55:), in the mythology of
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942:Μεταμορφώσεων Συναγωγή
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786:and threshold with an
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570:death's-head hawkmoth
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1542:, p. 1604. Cited by
1525:, p. 1604. Cited by
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1403:of the residence of
1099:'s postulation that
1014:Tate, Peter (2011).
520:Modern derived terms
424:maleficis mulieribus
365:Magical associations
225:guilt by association
1490:Etymologiae book 12
1314:Made by "the witch
1305:, pp. 325–326.
1202:, pp. 135–136.
999:Naturalis Historia'
993:The Natural History
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698:Antoninus Liberalis
331:), given to her by
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37:Notre-Dame de Paris
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944:21, translated in
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700:, described below.
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1540:Patrologia Graeca
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1386:, pp. 69–70.
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477:Etymologiae
468:Middle Ages
450:'s tragedy
392:love potion
110:origin myth
71:Description
1773:Categories
1627:0415068967
1578:DEX Online
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892:The Latin
838:VI. 131–,
811:References
709:Since the
676:ϛύξ / στύξ
552:strigoaică
544:stregheria
434:There are
430:Underworld
396:Propertius
375:curse-word
354:Trimalchio
317:complexion
297:In Ovid's
199:Polyphonte
171:Polyphonte
169:See also:
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598:barn owls
498:gelloudes
349:Satyricon
346:'s novel
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339:Satyricon
270:Pseudolus
267:' comedy
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1286:mălĕdīco
1050:, p. 140
640:canities
604:See also
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566:barn owl
500:(pl. of
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462:Medieval
444:Tartarus
252:strigula
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135:Titinius
131:lactates
94:Behavior
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1445:Hyginus
1397:Cocytus
1316:Canidia
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562:Strigăt
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436:striges
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246:στρίγλα
154:witches
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382:Horace
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313:Procas
183:, the
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1757:JSTOR
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690:Boios
666:ϛρίγξ
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610:Lamia
593:Strix
588:genus
540:witch
508:Greek
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333:Janus
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