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Umkhovu

Tuntud ka kui: imikhovu, esemkofu, esimkovu
Folkloor ja müüdidElavsurnuNõiakunst1500–1899

The umkhovu is the Zulu form of the witch's zombie: a body taken from the grave, revived by magic and kept as a familiar. Its tongue is removed so that it cannot speak. Colonial-era writers recorded the belief in the 1870s, half a century before The Magic Island popularised the Haitian zombi. It belongs to the same family as the zombie beliefs reported from South Africa in the late 20th century.1

Võitle temaga
Esimene kirjalik mainimine
1875
Described in D. Leslie's Among the Zulus (1875)
Päritolu
Zulu
Lõuna-Aafrika
Mis seda põhjustab
Nõiakunst
A witch or wizard digs up a corpse and brings it back to life as a familiar.
Kuidas selleks saadakse
A dead person exhumed and revived by a witch.
Intelligentsus
Mõistuseta

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AntiikmaailmKeskaeg1500–18991900–19671968–19992000–20092010 tänapäevani1875

Described in D. Leslie's Among the Zulus (1875)

välimärkmed

Mida allikad ütlevad

1

The Zulu word means an exhumed corpse revived as a witch's servant1

2

The witch cuts out its tongue, so that it can only make a wailing sound1

3

English writers of the 19th century rendered the plural as 'Esemkofu'1

4

H. Rider Haggard used them in his Zulu novel Nada (1895), haunting a 'Ghost Mountain'1

5

The Dictionary of South African English records the term from 1875 to 19251

Allikad

  1. Esemkofu - Dictionary of South African English

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Folkloor samadelt aladelt

South African witchcraft zombieSouth African (Tsonga, Sotho, Venda)

Sama ajastu: 1500–1899

JiangshiChinese, 1789Zombi (Haitian)Haitian (Vodou folklore), 1750StrigoiRomanian, 1714Vampir (South Slavic)South Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Bosnian), 1725AbhartachIrish, 1870Arnold PaoleSerbian, 1732
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