03. 134340: Legendary Creatures
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Strix!Taehyung, Taegi Oneshot
Someone allowed him to get closer like this and he held on to it.
Carefully and gently, but still. He wanted to hold on to it, for the first time in his life. For the first time in his life, he wanted to linger in the taste of one single person.
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The strīx (στρίξ)was a nocturnally crying creature which positioned its feet upwards and head below, according to a pre-300 BC Greek origin myth. It is probably meant to be (and translated as) an owl, but is highly suggestive of a bat which hangs upside-down.
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Strega (obviously derived from Latin striga) is the Italian term for witch, and in Romanian strigăt means 'scream', strigoaică is the name of the Romanian feminine vampire, and strigoi is the Romanian male vampire.