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Illustration of Vrykolakas of Mykonos
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Vrykolakas of Mykonos

Wɔfrɛ no bio: Tournefort's vrykolakas
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewOwuo bɔne anaa ayie a ɛnkɔɔ yie1500 kɔsi 1899

The Mykonos case of 1701 is the classic eyewitness account of a Greek community dealing with a walking corpse. Tournefort, a French scientist travelling in the Aegean, watched the islanders exhume a murdered man they blamed for night-time disturbances, cut out and burn his heart and finally burn the body. His report, published some years later, became widely known. It shows the panic running its full course, from pranks to assault to cremation.123

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Wɔdii kan kyerɛw
1701
Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718
Mfiase
Greek
Greece
Deɛ ɛde ba
Owuo bɔne anaa ayie a ɛnkɔɔ yie
An ill-natured man who had quarrelled with everyone on the island was murdered, and was then said to walk.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
A quarrelsome islander who died by violence.
Nyansa
Nyansa kakra
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • cutting out the heart and burning it by the sea (which did not end the panic)
  • prayers and blessings by the priests
  • burning the whole body

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Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ1701

Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718

nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

At first he was a nuisance who stole food and drink and upset furniture123

2

The mood changed after he was said to have attacked a man at night123

3

Islanders crowded the churches asking the priests for protection123

4

The heart was removed and burned first; when the disturbances continued the entire corpse was cremated123

5

Tournefort's description became the best-known Western report of a Greek vrykolakas123

Fibea

  1. Vrykolakas - Wikipedia
  2. Upi%C3%B3r - Wikipedia
  3. Mykonos by Night: The Island's Untold Vampire Tale - Greek Reporter

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

Erichtho's reanimated soldierRoman (literary), 61VrykolakasGreek, 1645PhilinnionAncient Greek, 150The corpse of ThelyphronRoman (literary), 170BouplagosAncient Greek / Roman, 150PolykritosAncient Greek, 150

Berɛ koro: 1500 kɔsi 1899

JiangshiChinese, 1789Zombi (Haitian)Haitian (Vodou folklore), 1750StrigoiRomanian, 1714Vampir (South Slavic)South Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Bosnian), 1725AbhartachIrish, 1870Arnold PaoleSerbian, 1732
Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ