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

Wɔfrɛ no bio: the two peasants of Stapenhill
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐsesaNnomeMfinimfini Mmerɛ

The Drakelow case is among the earliest detailed walking-dead reports from England. Two fugitive peasants die suddenly, return carrying their own coffins and bring a deadly sickness to the village of Drakelow. With episcopal permission the bodies are dug up, beheaded and their hearts cut out and burned. The procedure, especially the head laid between the legs, matches so-called deviant burials that archaeologists find across medieval Europe.12

Fa ko
Wɔdii kan kyerɛw
1090
Events of about 1090, recorded by Abbot Geoffrey of Burton in the early 12th century
Mfiase
Medieval English
United Kingdom
Deɛ ɛde ba
Nnome
In the abbot's telling, the men were struck dead after wronging Burton Abbey and its saint.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
Two runaway peasants of the abbey who died suddenly and were buried.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛsesa
They walk through the village at night with their coffins on their shoulders, sometimes in the shape of bears or dogs, shouting at the houses.
Nyansa
Nyansa kakra
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • exhumation
  • decapitation, with the heads placed between the legs
  • tearing out the hearts and burning them

Ɛberɛ bɛn na ɛdii kan puee?

Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ1090

Events of about 1090, recorded by Abbot Geoffrey of Burton in the early 12th century

nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

They reappeared on the very evening of their burial12

2

Villagers sickened and died after the visits12

3

Three men obtained the bishop's permission to open the graves12

4

The bodies were found intact12

5

The sick recovered but the survivors abandoned Drakelow12

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)
Drakelow revenants 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. Elif Boyacıoğlu, 'The Revenant on the Threshold', Folklore 62 (2015)
  2. Revenant - Wikipedia

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Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

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Berɛ koro: Mfinimfini Mmerɛ

DraugrNorse, 1250VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300UpiórSlavic, 1100AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200HrapprNorse (Icelandic saga), 1245
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