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title: Nelapsi
description: Vampire from Slovak tradition.
author:
  name: Graciela Paula Caldeiro
  url: http://graciela-caldeiro.idoneos.com
canonical: https://mitosyleyendas.idoneos.com/en/bestiario_mitologico/nelapsi/
source: en/bestiario_mitologico/nelapsi/index.md
---

The Nelapsi is a **vampire** that haunts certain regions of Slovakia. Legend holds that it possesses two hearts and, like the **basilisk**, has a deadly power in its gaze, killing by climbing to the bell tower of a church and destroying everything it can see from there. That area is called "the path of death".

To quell the deadly influence of the Nelapsi, poppy seeds must be scattered along the "path of death." However, the definitive solution is to drive a pine thorn into it and then incinerate it.