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.
attestation: After settling Thet, this term was often used to refer to vampires from the Terran literary tradition. A stage adaptation of Carmilla (1872) by Sheridan Le Fanu in 268 iky uses the term (mourekyda) in preference to a New Lilitic coinage, barikolaka (Glissia βρικολάκη) which would later become predominant.tags: noun, mythology, sexuality, religion
reverse terms: blood-drinker, hematolagniac, vampire
