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<blockquote data-quote="LuisCarlos17f" data-source="post: 9171595" data-attributes="member: 6802378"><p>Other option could be to use the name of an undead creature from folklore.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fext[/URL]</p><p></p><p>A <strong>Fext</strong> is a mythical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undead" target="_blank">undead</a> creature in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_mythology" target="_blank">Slavic mythology</a>. Its origins are found in the terrors of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" target="_blank">Thirty Years' War</a> (17th century) in central Europe. It is said that the Fext is invincible to bullets, except bullets made of glass. Some of the great generals of that time were called Fexts because of their assumed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality" target="_blank">immortality</a>.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upi%C3%B3r[/URL]</p><p></p><p><strong>Upiór</strong> (Tatar language: <em>Убыр (Ubır)</em>, Turkish: Ubır, Obur, Obır, (modern Belarusian: вупыр (<em>vupyr</em>), Bulgarian: въпир(<em>văpir</em>), вампир (<em>vampir</em>), Czech and Slovak: <em>upír</em>, Polish: <em>upiór</em>, <em>wąpierz</em>, <em>wupi</em>, Russian: упырь (<em>upyr'</em>), Ukrainian: упир(<em>upyr</em>), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_East_Slavic" target="_blank">Old East Slavic</a>: упирь (<em>upir'</em>)) is a demonic being from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs" target="_blank">Slavic</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_peoples" target="_blank">Turkic</a> folklore, a prototype of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire" target="_blank">vampire</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upi%C3%B3r#cite_note-:022-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> It is suggested that the Ubır (Upiór) belief spread across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Steppe" target="_blank">Eurasian steppes</a> through the migrations of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipchaks" target="_blank">Kipchak</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumans" target="_blank">Cuman</a> people, after having its origins in the regions surrounding the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga" target="_blank">Volga (İtil) River</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic%E2%80%93Caspian_steppe" target="_blank">Pontic steppes</a>. The modern word "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire" target="_blank">Vampire</a>" derives from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Slavic_language" target="_blank">Old Slavic language</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages" target="_blank">Turkic</a> form "онпыр (onpyr)", with the addition of the sound "v" before a large nasal vowel (on), characteristic of Old Bulgarian, as evidenced by the traditional Bulgarian form впир (vpir). (other names: onpyr, vopir, vpir, upir, upierz.)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upi%C3%B3r#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LuisCarlos17f, post: 9171595, member: 6802378"] Other option could be to use the name of an undead creature from folklore. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fext[/URL] A [B]Fext[/B] is a mythical [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undead']undead[/URL] creature in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_mythology']Slavic mythology[/URL]. Its origins are found in the terrors of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War']Thirty Years' War[/URL] (17th century) in central Europe. It is said that the Fext is invincible to bullets, except bullets made of glass. Some of the great generals of that time were called Fexts because of their assumed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality']immortality[/URL]. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upi%C3%B3r[/URL] [B]Upiór[/B] (Tatar language: [I]Убыр (Ubır)[/I], Turkish: Ubır, Obur, Obır, (modern Belarusian: вупыр ([I]vupyr[/I]), Bulgarian: въпир([I]văpir[/I]), вампир ([I]vampir[/I]), Czech and Slovak: [I]upír[/I], Polish: [I]upiór[/I], [I]wąpierz[/I], [I]wupi[/I], Russian: упырь ([I]upyr'[/I]), Ukrainian: упир([I]upyr[/I]), from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_East_Slavic']Old East Slavic[/URL]: упирь ([I]upir'[/I])) is a demonic being from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs']Slavic[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_peoples']Turkic[/URL] folklore, a prototype of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire']vampire[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upi%C3%B3r#cite_note-:022-1'][1][/URL] It is suggested that the Ubır (Upiór) belief spread across the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Steppe']Eurasian steppes[/URL] through the migrations of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipchaks']Kipchak[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumans']Cuman[/URL] people, after having its origins in the regions surrounding the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga']Volga (İtil) River[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic%E2%80%93Caspian_steppe']Pontic steppes[/URL]. The modern word "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire']Vampire[/URL]" derives from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Slavic_language']Old Slavic language[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages']Turkic[/URL] form "онпыр (onpyr)", with the addition of the sound "v" before a large nasal vowel (on), characteristic of Old Bulgarian, as evidenced by the traditional Bulgarian form впир (vpir). (other names: onpyr, vopir, vpir, upir, upierz.)[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upi%C3%B3r#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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