#avezuha
- Avezuha — The base, unarticulated form of the mythological term 'avesuha', representing in the traditional beliefs of western Romania the female demonic entity responsible for night terrors, the evil eye in infants, and the straying of travelers through thickets; primarily used as a semantic core in archaic verbal charms where speaking the name was meant to capture and neutralize the spirit's malevolent force. It represents a linguistic relic closely tied to protective practices in rural empirical medicine.