drekavac
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Noun
drekavac (plural drekavacs)
- A mythical creature in South Slavic mythology believed to be the soul of an unbaptized child and recognized by its piercing, unsettling howling.
- 2018 August 26, Mark Little, “Gary and His New Life” (6:13 from the start), in Gary and His Demons, season 1, episode 16, spoken by Tucker (Tim Gilbert):
- “Okay, Gary, looks like we're dealing with a Drekavac, a demon from Slavic mythology that's the ghost of--” “...the ghost of an unbaptized child's soul that runs around begging people to baptize it. I know. I'll take the demon. You get the kids to safety.”