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Illustration of Condenado
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
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Condenado

Wɔfrɛ no bio: condenados, the condemned
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐsesaNnome

The condenado is the walking dead of the Andes: a sinner rejected by the afterlife who wanders the peaks eating travellers. The offences that create one are breaches of kinship and reciprocity, the foundations of highland village life. Communities in southern Peru and Bolivia describe destroying them by smashing or burning the bones. The belief is still current and has been documented by anthropologists working on Andean funeral customs.12

Fa ko
Mfiase
Andean (Peru and Bolivia)
Peru, Bolivia
Deɛ ɛde ba
Nnome
Sins so grave that the dead person cannot pass into the afterlife.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
People who in life raped relatives, stole from friends or hoarded wealth; other accounts add suicides and victims of violent death.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛsesa
Roams the high mountains at dusk and at night looking for people.
Nyansa
Nyansa kakra
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • taking away the knotted funeral cord (khipu) tied round its waist, which paralyses its legs
  • beating the skeleton to pieces
  • burning
nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

A living dead that hunts humans in order to eat them12

2

Some accounts say it can be saved only by devouring three people12

3

In Arguedas's material it may appear as a dog, cat, snake, toad or owl12

4

It attacks shepherds watching their flocks at night12

5

In the village of Cuspón the dead were buried with a khipu of seven knots to help the soul travel; a condenado still wears its own12

Wobɛtumi atu mmirika aboro no?

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

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

Fibea

  1. Khipus to Keep Away the Living Dead - Anthropology News
  2. Spooky folklore, monsters and myths of highland Peru - Fertur Peru Travel

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

MachukunaAndean (Quechua; Peru)

Bebree a ɛte sɛ yei

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