Lithuanian returning dead

Tunnetaan myös nimellä: sugrįžtantys numirėliai, numirėlis, walking dead of Lithuania

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Lithuania kept a strong tradition of the dangerous dead long after its conversion to Christianity. Cemeteries of the 14th to 17th centuries contain bodies deliberately beheaded, dismembered or turned face down, which archaeologists connect with fear of corpses returning. Lithuanian legends collected in modern times still describe meetings with the 'walking dead', usually brought on by disrespect for a grave. The material and the stories together give a Baltic counterpart to the revenant evidence from England and Poland.1 2

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Ensimmäinen merkintä

1350

Deviant burials of the 14th-17th centuries; legends recorded by modern folklorists

Alkuperä

Lithuanian

Liettua

Mikä sen aiheuttaa

Huono kuolema tai hautaus

Folklore names the untimely dead and the very sinful as those who return; the legends add that the living provoke them by disturbing remains or grave goods.

Miten sellaiseksi päätyy

An unexpected or wrongful death, a sinful life, or interference with the grave.

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