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Zmeu
The ''Zmeu'' (plural: ''zmei'', feminine: ''zmeoaică''/''zmeoaice'') is a fantastic creature of Romanian folklore and Romanian mythology. Sometimes compared to other fantastic creatures, such as the ''balaur'' or the ''vârcolac'', the zmeu is nevertheless distinct, because it usually has clear anthropomorphic traits: it is humanoid and has legs, arms, the ability to create and use artifacts such as weapons, and has the desire to marry young girls. In some stories, Zmeu appears in the sky and spits fire. In other stories, it has a magical precious stone on its head that shines like the sun. It likes beautiful young girls, whom it kidnaps, usually for the purpose of marrying them. It is almost always defeated by a daring prince or knight-errant. Its natural form is that of a dragon or balaur.
==Name==
Most scholars agree that Zmeu's name and appearance are derived from the Slavic ''Zmey''. However, the linguist Sorin Paliga challenges the notion that the Romanian word ''Zmeu'' is of Slavic origin, and hypothesizes that the pan-Slavic forms were an early Slavic loan from the Dacian language.〔S. Paliga, Lingvistica si arheologia slavilor timpurii. O alta vedere de la Dunarea de Jos.Ed. Cetatea de Scaun 2009〕 The relation with Romanian ''zmeură'' ("raspberry") has been deemed to be possible, but rather unlikely, by Alexandru Ciorănescu.〔''(Zmeură )'', in Alexandru Ciorănescu, ''Dicționarul etimologic român'', Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, 1958-1966.〕
The word also refers to the kites that children fly.
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