Moroi - a Type of Vampire in Romanian Folklore

A moroi (once in a while moroii) is a sort of vampire or phantom in Romanian old stories. A female moroi is known as a moroaică. In a few renditions, a moroi is a ghost of a dead individual which leaves the grave to draw vigour from the living.

Moroi are regularly connected with different figures in Romanian old stories, for example Strigoi (an alternate sort of vampire), Vârcolac (werewolf), or Pricolici (werewolf). Moroi are otherwise called mortal vampires, inasmuch as Strigoi are godlike vampires.

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They are likewise now and again alluded to in current myth as the live-conceived posterity of two Strigoi. It may connote a toddler who expired before being sanctified through water. The causes of the expression "moroi" are misty, however it is thought by the Romanian Academy to have perhaps started from the Old Slavonic word mora ("bad dream"). It additionally looks like the expression mort (dead).

Moroi can likewise be types of devils which own a living form, typically the assortment of a bear. Moroi might be put under the control of a Strigoi, or a Strigoica, a female Strigoi, and a Strigoi.