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Pień padlocked burial
Ook bekend as: Pień vampire, vampire of Pień
The Pień burial is a 17th-century Polish grave in which a woman was interred with a sickle across her throat and a padlock on her foot. Archaeologists interpret both as measures to keep the dead from rising. It gives physical form to the precautions that folklore prescribes against the upiór and strzyga. The find was reported in 2022 and is usually described as a 'vampire' burial.12
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1650
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022Oorsprong
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Nothing is known of why the woman was feared.Swak plekke
- a sickle laid across the neck so that it would cut the throat if the body sat up
- a padlock fastened round a toe
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A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022
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