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A strzyga () is a female demon a bit similar to vampire in Slavic ( and especially Polish ) folklore.

People who were born with two hearts and two souls and two sets of teeth ( second one barely visible ) were believed to be strzygas.

Furthermore a newborn child with already developed teeth was also believed to surely become one.

When strzyga was recognized it was chased away from human habitat.

Strzygas usually were dying at young age, but only one soul gets passed on, and the other soul caused the deceased strzyga to come alive and prey upon other living beings.

Those undead creatures fly at night in a form of an owl and attack night-time travelers and people who simply wander off into the woods at night, sucking out their blood and eating out their insides.

Strzyga could also be satisfied with animal blood, for a short period of time.