múrekída, n. (a) Hematolagniac; a blood fetishist or someone intimately involved in the rites of Múrekíha; (b) vampire (see attestation). In several mythological sources (including Sarthía) these individuals are granted an extraordinary, insatiable thirst for blood, making them more akin to wendigos than vampires, although analogies to both have been drawn. The actual aesthetics and culture of hematolagnia amongst the Lilitai varied greatly, from a nurturing mutualism to rabid bloodlust. Since Sarthía considered múrekídai particularly socially problematic, being one was considered worse for Zellika than being a kolema, and it was long-rumoured (although never substantiated) that Kona Tuktanga and many other key Mitradzhethíasa had a cabal of blood-drinkers.