estrie
demonic intermediate Jewish single tradition · 1
Estries are female beings created at sunset before the first Sabbath before creation, giving them the ability to change form. They are believed to fly and suck the blood of sleeping women, needing to drink the blood of living flesh to survive. If injured or seen, an estrie can only live if she eats the bread and salt of the one who struck her.
When
- First attested
- 1100 CE
- Attested period
- 1100 – 1300
- Historical notes
- Documented in Sefer Hasidim, a medieval book on Jewish piety.
Relationships
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“There are women that are called estrie... They were created at sunset [before the first Sabbath before creation]. As a result of this, they are able to change form. There was one woman who was a estrie and she was very sick”
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