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Aufhocker

Wɔfrɛ no bio: Huckop, Huckupp
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐtu mmirika

The Aufhocker is a German revenant that attacks by riding its victims. It drops onto a night traveller's shoulders and becomes heavier and heavier until the bearer is crushed with exhaustion. Its destinations, churchyards and graves, mark it as one of the dead. It is a regional specialist within the wider Wiedergänger family.1

Fa ko
Mfiase
German
Gyaaman
Deɛ ɛde ba
Wɔnkyerɛɛ aseɛ da
The sources consulted class it among the returning dead without giving a cause.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛtu mmirika
Leaps onto the back of a lone walker at night and has to be carried.
Nyansa
Nyansa kakra
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • a prayer or formula of banishment
nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

The name means roughly 'one who squats on you'1

2

It grows heavier with every step until the victim collapses or dies1

3

Victims are made to carry it to a churchyard wall or a grave1

4

It can take different shapes, and in the Rhineland it could appear as a werewolf1

5

Folklorists stress its bodily weight as proof that it is a revenant and not a ghost1

Wobɛtumi atu mmirika aboro no?

Ahoɔhare kuo a efi sɛnea fibea kyerɛkyerɛ mu (ɛtu mmirika), ɛnyɛ susudua.

Wo, nantew bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wo, mmirika brɛoo bɛyɛ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ɔpanin a ne ho yɛ den a ɔtu mmirika denden bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Aufhocker bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Sakrekafoɔ a ɔyɛ ntɛm bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fibea

  1. Wiederg%C3%A4nger - Wikipedia

Asɛm biara a ɛwɔ krataafa yi so fi saa fibea yi mu, na yɛde yɛn ankasa nsɛm na akyerɛw. Wohunuu mfomsoɔ bi? Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected].

Ma dɔm no aduane. Dawurubɔ nni hɔ, trackers nni hɔ, onipa baako na ɔtua ho ka. Akyɛdeɛ ma ɛkɔ so wɔ intanɛt so.Ma akyɛdeɛ

Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

NachzehrerGerman, 1800WiedergängerGermanFextCzech and central European, 1630

Bebree a ɛte sɛ yei

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ