All Romanians are vampires

Romanians have at least 3 types of mythologic characters Harry Potter would call “Veela”. We’ve talked about the Rusalii, celebrated sometime after Easter; the Sânziene have their feast on June 24th. According to legends, Sânzienele (or Drăgaica in Muntenia and Oltenia) are beautiful girls (obviously) who live in the forests or plains. They dance in [...]

50 days after Easter, people celebrate Whitsuntide, for 3 days or a week (varies across regions). In Romanian mythology the “rusalii” are crazy, frolicsome, merry maidens who make people lose their minds. (in Harry Potter terms, this sounds like a Veela; in Romania the translation for veela would be “iele”, with similar characteristics). The almost [...]