Editing Strzyga (section)

=== Methods of protection ===
When a person believed to be a {{lang|pl|strzyga}} died, [[Decapitation|decapitating]] the corpse and burying the head separate from the rest of the body was believed to prevent the {{lang|pl|strzyga}} from rising from the dead;<ref>{{Cite book|title=The People. Their Customs, Way of Life, Language...|last=Kolberg|first=Oskar|year=1874|volume=7|publication-date=1962}}</ref> burying the body face down with a [[sickle]] around its head was believed to work as well.<ref name=":2" /> Other methods of protection from the {{lang|pl|strzyga}} (some similar to those from vampires) included:

* Burning the body
* Hammering nails, stakes etc. into various parts of the {{lang|pl|strzyga}}'s body
* Putting a [[flint]] into its mouth after exhumation<ref name=":2" />
* Pealing the church bells (the {{lang|pl|strzyga}} then turns into tar)<ref name=":0" />
* Slapping it across the face with one's left hand<ref name=":0" />
* Burying it again, outside of the village, and pinning it down with a big rock<ref name=":3" />
*Scattering poppy seeds in the shape of the cross in every corner of the house<ref name=":0" />
*Exhumation in the presence of a priest and burying the body again, after additional rituals (such as putting a piece of paper with the word "[[Jesus]]" written on it under the {{lang|pl|strzyga}}'s tongue)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Wśród ludu krakowskiego|last=Ulanowska|first=Stefania|date=1887|work=Wisła: miesięcznik geograficzno-etnograficzny}}</ref>
*Putting small objects in the {{lang|pl|strzyga}}'s grave to make it count them.<ref name=":4" />