Variation: Elatomsk, Erestan, Erestun, Erestuny, Eretica, Eretich, Ereticy, Eretiku, Eretitsa, Eretnica, Eretnik, Eretnitsa (female), Xloptuny
This word meaning heretic is given to a dying person who is possessed before passing away and then is reanimated by a witch or sorcerer. Other methods including being deemed a heretic, selling his soul to the devil, sleeping on a grave, or making inappropriate noises in a bath house.
This vampire will consume flesh and blood as soon as it raises. Not only can it directly drain life energy it can kill a person with a look.
"In truth, the eretik is a living being, but it must be slain as if it were a true vampire: staked through the heart with a wooden stake, beheaded, and then burned to ash."
GURPS Blood Types has "Erestun, Eretica, Eretik (Russia)" but no other information.
References[]
- Bane, Theresa (2010) Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology McFarland pg 61