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Kirkonväki

በሌላ ስም: kirkkomaanväki, kalmanväki, churchyard folk, manalaiset

Kirkonväki is the Finnish name for the dead as a body, the population of the churchyard acting together. Finnish legend gives them corporeal form, as a congregation of decaying corpses that fills the church at night and mauls any living intruder, though everyday belief treated them more as an invisible, foul-smelling force. They enforced respect for graves and proper burial and could be weaponised by cunning folk. They are the closest thing in Finnish tradition to a horde of the walking dead.1

ተዋጉት
መጀመሪያ የተመዘገበው
1551
Related terms occur in Finnish sources from Mikael Agricola (1551) onward; most archive records date from the late 19th century to the 1960s
መነሻ
Finnish
ፊንላንድ
ምን እንደሚያመጣው
ሌላ
The collective dead of a churchyard, active as a crowd around the church and around any unburied corpse.
እንዴት አንዱ እንደሚሆኑ
The dead buried in the parish churchyard.
እንዴት እንደሚንቀሳቀስ
ይለያያል
In legends they gather in the church at night as a solid crowd; in personal accounts they pass as a swarm of small figures in the air.
ብልህነት
ትንሽ ብልህነት
ደካማ ነጥቦች
  • precautions when crossing churchyard boundaries
  • leaving something behind: in one legend a man escapes by dropping his fur coat on the church threshold, and the dead tear the coat apart

መቼ ነው መጀመሪያ የታየው?

Related terms occur in Finnish sources from Mikael Agricola (1551) onward; most archive records date from the late 19th century to the 1960s

የመስክ ማስታወሻዎች

ምንጮቹ የሚሉት

1

The word means 'churchyard folk', but väki also carries an older sense of 'force' or 'power'1

2

In legends they look like ordinary people or like rotting corpses and skeletons1

3

A migratory legend tells of the dead holding their own Christmas service and attacking a living person who walks in1

4

They reek of death; seers can see them, others only smell them1

5

Churchyard soil, bones or splinters of grave markers could be used to 'send' them against an enemy or set them on a thief1

6

Kaarina Koski's study draws on more than 2,000 records in the Finnish Literature Society's archives, richest in Ostrobothnia1

ልታመልጡት ትችሉ ነበር?

ምንጮቹ በሚገልጹት መሠረት የፍጥነት ክፍል (ይለያያል)፣ መለኪያ አይደለም።

እርስዎ፣ ሲራመዱ ወደ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
እርስዎ፣ ሲሮጡ ወደ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Kirkonväki ወደ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
የሚሮጥ ጤናማ ጎልማሳ ወደ 24 km/h (15 mph)
ፈጣን ብስክሌተኛ ወደ 37 km/h (23 mph)

ምንጮች

  1. Kaarina Koski, 'Conceptual Analysis and Variation in Belief Tradition: A Case of Death-Related Beings', Folklore 38 (2008)

በዚህ ገጽ ላይ ያለው እያንዳንዱ እውነታ ከእነዚህ ምንጮች የመጣ ሲሆን በራሳችን ቃላት ተጽፏል። ስህተት አገኙ? በ [email protected] ይንገሩን።

መንጋውን መግቡ። ማስታወቂያ የለም፣ መከታተያ የለም፣ የሚከፍለው አንድ ሰው ነው። ጉርሻ ጣቢያውን ክፍት ያደርገዋል።ጉርሻ ተዉ

ተመሳሳይ ዘመን፦ ከ1500 እስከ 1899

መንጋውን መግቡጉርሻ ተዉ