Bosorka

Mythological character of the peoples Carpathians (Hungarians, Romanians, Slavs), a witch or sorcerer with vampire traits. It can be recognized by the tail on the trunk, on the head or behind the ear. 

The word has Hungarian origin, in Hungarian it, in turn, could have come from the Turkic languages, cf. Turk. basyrkan — "nightmare". In Hungarian, Weng. boszorkány, boszorka — "witch", "sorceress", "spirit of the deceased", "bogeyman", "night ghost"

They can turn into a hare, a dog, a wolf, a fish, a bird. The midwife had to determine what kind of animal the bosorka would turn into. To transform into an animal, it was enough for a barefoot to just whistle.

It was believed that they steal milk from cows, suck blood from humans and cattle, and try to pierce them with an arrow. They are also characterized by sending damage, diseases, death, the evil eye, leading people astray and other leprosy.

It is believed that bosorkoy becomes:

• a child born in a "shirt";
• a living adult;
• the dead man (so that the dead man does not become a barefoot, they advised to put garlic in his mouth, and he himself is face down in a coffin).