Croatian villager, first person historically described as a vampire
Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1578–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records.[1] He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock.[2] He was a stonemason and his wife Ivana bore him two children, Ana and Nikola.
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^Vinšćak, Tomo (December 2005). "O štrigama, štrigunima i krsnicima u Istri" [On "Štrige", "Štriguni" and "Krsnici" on Istrian Peninsula] (PDF). Studia ethnologica Croatica. 17 (1). Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb: 231. ISSN 1330-3627. Retrieved 2011-11-04. Drago Orlić je još prije dvadesetak godina (Orlić, 1986) prikupio i tiskao vrlo zanimljivo gradivo o ukorijenjenosti i životnosti tradicije vezane uz štrige i štrigune u Istri. [...] Štrige i štriguni su najbliži pojmu vještica. Štrigun se rodi u črnem mihuru koji se potom sašije pod pazuh. Bez tog črnog mihura ili u drugoj varijanti crne kugle s kojom se rađa, gubi moć. Štrige i štriguni su opaki i vrlo opasni i po život ljudi, a piju i krv. [...]
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