Dog is the 11th animal in the Chinese zodiac.
Dog is generous, loyal, moral, organized, affectionate, deep thinkers, give good advice, get too involved with friends lives and can seem nosy, determined, strong, trustworthy, faithful, and temperamental.
They can be judgmental, cynical, quarrelsome, and fretful.
Compatible with Horse, and Tiger. Incompatible with Rooster, and Dragon.
Dog 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030
The Blut Avssauger or “drinker of blood” is a vampire revenant from the folklore of Bavaria, Bosnia and Germany.
Blut Aussauger is similar to the Bluats Avger, but there are enough differences to be a separate species. They may share an ancestor.
Blut Avssauger can convert people if a human eats dirt from its grave (by force or trickery.) A person can become a Blut Aussauger if they eat meat killed by a wolf, commits suicide, dies unbaptized, dies a witch, leads a immoral life, or if a nun walks over his grave.
His nightly search of human blood reveals his true form. Waxy pale skin, large eyes, and slightly hairier than a normal person, are normal vampire characteristics I’ve already told you about.
The Blut Aussauger has no skeletal system, this gives its supernatural strength a little extra because it’s movements aren’t hindered. It also allows it to attack from any angle or location.
It can also shape-shift into a bat, dog, rat, snake, and wolf.
Sunlight and garlic can keep this vampire away, but so can black dogs that have eyes painted in white on their heads. You can also hang some Hawthorn or smear garlic paste in your window if you don’t want to paint white eyes on your dog’s head. If you palnt Hawthorn on your property it will keep the Blut Avssauger off your land.
Garlic is important in killing the Blut. Trick or force feed it some garlic that will weaken it enough to be able to stake it through the heart. Holy Water and of course garlic need to be placed in the grave. You should burn incense during the burial.
If you can get some garlic in the Blut Avssauger’s mouth prolong exposure to sunlight will also kill it.
Got to love Bella Lugosi
Werewolf and vampire myths were common in Hungary. It’s not surprising that they these myths would cross.
If a werewolf ever consumed the flesh of and executed person when he died he’d raise as a vampire revenant called Farkaskoldus.
It rises from it grave at night, it can shape-shift into a cat, dog or goat, which allows it to move through town discreetly. While it looks for a victim.
When he finds his victim he lays on top of the victim, drains his blood and returns to the grave before sunrise. If a deceased person is suspected of being a Farkaskoldus, its grave is exhumed. If there’s merit in the suspicion the corpse won’t be decomposed, the scent of death or decay, the body will also be full of fresh blood.
There are a few ways to destroy a Farkaskoldus. The simplest is to burn the body to ash or soak it in holy water.
The next level if it’s felt a more severe method is needed, a stake must be driven through the heart or a nail through the head, then burn the body to ashes.
The most extreme is to remove the heart through the vampire’s back then burn everything. The ashes must be gathered in a sack and thrown into a deep river.
Since this month is dedicated to Werewolves. All of my columns will be about Werewolves. If you’ve been reading my blog for some time now, you’ve already seen that vampires and werewolves have more in common that just a hatred for each other (usually portrayed in movies and fiction). I really need to work on an article about that….
So here are a few vampire-werewolves, or Werewolf-vampires…
Priccolitsch
Romanian lore has a man, usually a shepherd that is a type of vampire werewolf called “Priccolitsh” (pray-co-litch). He shape-shifts into a wolf. The blood thirsty creature then attacks his own flock.
Pricolic Wolf
This Romanian creature is born through an incestuous relationship. Its born with a tail. The Pricolic wolf’s ability to shape-shift into a dog has been questioned.
It’s unknown whether it’s a natural talented or a gift from the devil.
In dog form The Pricolic mingles with other wolves.
Soon the human from realizes that it’s spending large amounts of time in the company of wolves. Until it shape-shifts one final time and joins the pack.
Leaving food offering will keep the pricolic from attacking family and livestock.
Mari Wells 