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Wharram Percy mutilated dead

Wɔfrɛ no bio: Wharram Percy revenants
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewMfinimfini Mmerɛ

At the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy in Yorkshire, archaeologists identified human remains that had been beheaded, cut up and burned after death. The 2017 study by Historic England and the University of Southampton concluded that the likeliest explanation was fear of revenants. If so, it is physical evidence from England for the practices that chroniclers such as William of Newburgh describe. It shows ordinary villagers acting on the belief that corpses could rise.12

Fa ko
Wɔdii kan kyerɛw
1100
Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017
Mfiase
Medieval English
United Kingdom
Deɛ ɛde ba
Wɔnkyerɛɛ aseɛ da
Why these individuals were singled out is not known.
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • decapitation
  • dismemberment
  • burning
  • breaking the long bones after death

Ɛberɛ bɛn na ɛdii kan puee?

Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ1100

Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017

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Deɛ fibea no ka

1

137 broken bones from at least ten people, including two women and three children, were found in pits away from the churchyard12

2

Knife marks cluster around the head and neck, not where a butcher would cut for meat12

3

Isotope analysis of the teeth showed the dead had grown up locally, ruling out strangers12

4

The researchers, Simon Mays and Alistair Pike, judged an attempt to stop corpses walking the best fit for the evidence12

5

Famine cannibalism remains an alternative that has not been excluded12

6

The bones were excavated in 1963 and lay unstudied for decades12

Fibea

  1. Medieval villagers warded off 'zombies' by burning and mutilating human remains, study finds - ScienceAlert
  2. Revenant - Wikipedia

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Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

AbhartachIrish, 1870Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198Buckinghamshire revenantMedieval English, 1198Byland Abbey revenantsMedieval English, 1400Drakelow revenantsMedieval English, 1090

Berɛ koro: Mfinimfini Mmerɛ

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