Strix (mythology)

Stryge (1853) is a print by French etcher Charles Méryon depicting one of the chimera of the Galerie des chimères of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.

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Stryge, strix

A strix ("screecher", hence "owl") was an Ancient Roman legendary creature, usually described as a nocturnal bird of ill omen that fed on human flesh and blood like a vampire. However, the strix was not a revenant—a risen corpse—but the product of shapeshifting.

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