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Asvith

Ook bekend as: Aswid, Asuithus, Ásviðr, Aran

The story of Asmund and Asvith is a medieval Scandinavian tale of being walled up with a flesh-eating corpse. Two sworn friends agree not to be parted by death; the survivor enters the tomb and finds that the dead man wakes each night and eats whatever is alive. He ends it by cutting off the head and pinning the body. It is among the earliest European narratives in which a reanimated corpse is explicitly driven by hunger for flesh.12

Veg daarteen
Eerste opgeteken
1200
Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, written around 1200; a parallel in the 14th-century saga of Egil One-Hand and Asmund Berserker-Slayer
Oorsprong
Norse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga)
Denemarke, Swede, Ysland
Wat dit veroorsaak
Nooit verduidelik nie
Asmund says only that his friend's spirit came back from the underworld into the body.
Hoe jy een word
A dead man entombed with his horse and dog, and with his living sworn friend beside him.
Hoe dit beweeg
Wissel
Rises at night inside the sealed tomb and attacks with tooth and nail.
Intelligensie
'n Bietjie intelligensie
Swak plekke
  • beheading with a sword
  • a stake through the body (Saxo)
  • burning to ashes (saga version)

Wanneer het dit eerste verskyn?

Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, written around 1200; a parallel in the 14th-century saga of Egil One-Hand and Asmund Berserker-Slayer

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Wat die bronne sê

1

Asmund had himself buried alive with his friend out of loyalty12

2

The corpse ate the horse first, then the dog, then turned on Asmund12

3

It slashed his cheek and tore off his left ear12

4

Swedish treasure hunters who broke into the tomb fled, taking the gore-covered Asmund for the dead man12

5

In the Icelandic version the dead man is called Aran and eats a hawk, a hound and a horse over three nights12

Sou jy hom kon uithardloop?

Spoedklas volgens hoe die bronne dit beskryf (wissel), nie 'n meting nie.

Jy, stap omtrent 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Jy, draf omtrent 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Asvith omtrent 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
'n Fikse volwassene wat naelloop omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)
'n Vinnige fietsryer omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

Bronne

  1. Buried Alive with an Undead Corpse: A Medieval Tale - Medievalists.net
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia

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