In the northern regions of Hungary and beyond, it is also known as "ludvérc", "lucfir". In Transylvania and Moldavia it goes by the names of "lidérc", "lüdérc", and sometimes "ördög", literally, the Devil. While in flight, the lidérc sprinkles flames. On earth, it can assume a human shape, usually the shape of a much lamented dead relative or lover. Its footprints are that of a horse. The lidérc enters houses through chimneys or keyholes, brings sickness and doom to its victims. It leaves the house with a splash of flames and dirties the walls. Burning incense and birch branches prevent the lidérc from entering one's dwelling. In the eastern regions of Hungary and beyond, it is said the lidérc is impossible to outrun, it haunts cemeteries, and it must disappear at the first crow of a rooster at dawn. A lidérc is mentioned in the famous historical novel "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. A shape-shifting lidérc is revealed in "Lost Girl" episode "Caged Fae" (301).