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Vetala

Ook bekend as: वेताल, vetāla, baital, betal, Vetoba
Volksverhale en mitesOndoodWisselDemone of bose geesteMiddeleeue

The vetala is a spirit of Indian tradition that animates corpses in the cremation ground. Unlike most walking dead it is highly intelligent: in the famous story cycle the corpse it inhabits outwits a king twenty-four times before warning him of a sorcerer's plot. The underlying idea, a dead body moved by something that is not its original owner, runs from Indian tantra to the Tibetan ro-langs. It gives South Asia a corpse-animating being centuries older than the Caribbean zombi.12

Veg daarteen
Eerste opgeteken
1070
The Vetala tales form part of the Kathasaritsagara, compiled no later than the 11th century
Oorsprong
Hindu (Indian)
Indië
Wat dit veroorsaak
Demone of bose geeste
A spirit of the charnel ground enters a dead body and uses it as a vehicle.
Hoe dit beweeg
Wissel
It can take possession of a corpse and leave it again at will.
Intelligensie
Slim
Swak plekke
  • chanting mantras
  • performing its funeral rites, which releases it

Wanneer het dit eerste verskyn?

Antieke wêreldMiddeleeue1500 tot 18991900 tot 19671968 tot 19992000 tot 20092010 tot vandag1070

The Vetala tales form part of the Kathasaritsagara, compiled no later than the 11th century

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Wat die bronne sê

1

Lives in cremation grounds and cemeteries12

2

Knows past, present and future and is not bound by space and time12

3

Can drive people mad, kill children and cause miscarriages, but may also guard a village12

4

Sorcerers try to capture and enslave it12

5

In the Vetala Panchavimshati it inhabits a corpse hanging from a tree and tells King Vikramaditya twenty-five riddle stories12

6

Worshipped as Betal or Vetoba in the Konkan and Goa12

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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)
Vetala 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. Vetala - Wikipedia
  2. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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ChurelSouth Asian, 1880

Selfde era: Middeleeue

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