ZombieWiki
Zombie Wiki / Alle zombies / Volksverhale en mites
Illustration of Lithuanian returning dead
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Lêer nr. 031 van 446

Lithuanian returning dead

Ook bekend as: sugrįžtantys numirėliai, numirėlis, walking dead of Lithuania
Volksverhale en mitesOndood'n Slegte dood of begrafnisMiddeleeue

Lithuania kept a strong tradition of the dangerous dead long after its conversion to Christianity. Cemeteries of the 14th to 17th centuries contain bodies deliberately beheaded, dismembered or turned face down, which archaeologists connect with fear of corpses returning. Lithuanian legends collected in modern times still describe meetings with the 'walking dead', usually brought on by disrespect for a grave. The material and the stories together give a Baltic counterpart to the revenant evidence from England and Poland.12

Veg daarteen
Eerste opgeteken
1350
Deviant burials of the 14th-17th centuries; legends recorded by modern folklorists
Oorsprong
Lithuanian
Litaue
Wat dit veroorsaak
'n Slegte dood of begrafnis
Folklore names the untimely dead and the very sinful as those who return; the legends add that the living provoke them by disturbing remains or grave goods.
Hoe jy een word
An unexpected or wrongful death, a sinful life, or interference with the grave.
Intelligensie
'n Bietjie intelligensie
Swak plekke
  • decapitation of the exhumed corpse
  • burial face down or on the side
  • physical force
  • the intervention of a priest

Wanneer het dit eerste verskyn?

Antieke wêreldMiddeleeue1500 tot 18991900 tot 19671968 tot 19992000 tot 20092010 tot vandag1350

Deviant burials of the 14th-17th centuries; legends recorded by modern folklorists

veldnotas

Wat die bronne sê

1

Archaeologist Gintautas Vėlius documented headless, limbless and prone burials in Christian-era Lithuanian cemeteries12

2

He interprets posthumous beheading as exhumation carried out from fear of the returning dead12

3

Many prone male burials contain weapons, suggesting men killed in battle12

4

In legends analysed by Edita Korzonaitė, short tales end with the living person's death and longer ones with a narrow escape12

5

Priests in the legends sometimes use methods with no obvious Christian basis12

Bronne

  1. Gintautas Vėlius, 'Sugrįžtantys numirėliai' (Returning dead: unconventional burials in medieval Lithuania), Lietuvos istorijos studijos 25 (2010)
  2. Edita Korzonaitė, 'Human contacts with the dead: relationship of fable and reality in folklore', Tautosakos darbai 25 (2003)

Elke feit op hierdie bladsy kom uit hierdie bronne, in ons eie woorde geskryf. 'n Fout raakgesien? Laat weet ons by [email protected].

Voer die horde. Geen advertensies, geen spoorsnyers, betaal deur een persoon. 'n Fooitjie hou dit aanlyn.Los 'n fooitjie

Selfde era: Middeleeue

DraugrNorse, 1250VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100UpiórSlavic, 1100AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200
Voer die hordeLos 'n fooitjie