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Uppvakningur

Også kaldet: uppvakningar, sending, raised dead
Folketro og myterUdødVariererTrolddom

The uppvakningur is the Icelandic corpse raised by sorcery, as opposed to the dead who walk for their own reasons. The magician has to overpower the body as it climbs from the grave, after which it obeys orders and can be sent to harm or kill an enemy. An accusation of raising a dead man lay behind the first burning for sorcery in Iceland. As a corpse with no will of its own working for a living master, it is the nearest European equivalent of the Haitian zombi.12

Kæmp mod den
Oprindelse
Icelandic
Island
Hvad der forårsager det
Trolddom
A sorcerer wakes a newly buried corpse and binds it to his service.
Hvordan man bliver en
A cunning man or woman raises a fresh corpse, wrestles it into submission and licks the matter from its face.
Hvordan den bevæger sig
Varierer
Crawls up out of the grave; once mastered it goes where it is sent. Icelandic dead travel only by night.
Intelligens
Noget intelligens
Svage punkter
  • 'singing it down' with the right verses
  • cutting off the head and burning the body
  • throwing a ball of yarn into the open grave and holding the thread until it swears not to return
feltnoter

Hvad kilderne siger

1

Distinguished from the afturganga, who comes back of its own will12

2

Once beaten, the corpse asks what its master wants done12

3

A raised corpse dispatched to kill is called a sending12

4

Jón Rögnvaldsson, the first man burned for sorcery in Iceland, was accused of raising a dead man and sending him against a neighbour's farm12

5

Such dead wear out over time; one is described walking on its knees after its feet had rotted away12

6

Folklorist Björk Bjarnadóttir compares Icelandic ghosts to zombies because they are solid12

Ville du kunne slippe væk?

Fartklasse ud fra, hvordan kilderne beskriver den (varierer), ikke en måling.

Dig, gående cirka 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Dig, joggende cirka 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Uppvakningur cirka 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
En veltrænet voksen i fuld sprint cirka 24 km/h (15 mph)
En hurtig cyklist cirka 37 km/h (23 mph)

Kilder

  1. We asked a folklorist for all the spooky details - The Reykjavík Grapevine
  2. Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft

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