Broxa

For the English village, see Broxa, North Yorkshire.

In Jewish folklore Broxa is a bird that is said to suck the milk of goats and sometimes human blood during the night. The Broxa was considered in the Middle Ages to be a shape shifting entity-as a witch in female form and in male form, a demon.

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