A spiriduș in

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is said to be a "demon incarnate",Tudor Pamfile, ''Mitologie Românească'', "https://www.scribd.com/document/253650096/Mitologie-romaneasca-Pamfilie" p. 81 or a domestic spirit, oftentimes taking the form of an

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familiar, such as hens, crows, or hunting birds.^' The purpose of these familiars once they're summoned, is to act as messengers or intermediaries between the master of the home in which the spiriduș was born, and the devil.^' The master can use the spiriduș to request from the devil any mortal desire, in return for their soul in the afterlife.D. Dan, ''Straja'', p.98

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