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Þórólfr bægifótr

Aussi appelé: Thorolf Twist-Foot, Thorolf Lame-foot, Thorolf Halt-foot
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantVariableMoyen Âge

Þórólfr bægifótr is the great contagious revenant of Eyrbyggja saga. After his death the valley empties: animals go mad, a shepherd is found with every bone broken, and his victims join his company. His son Arnkel reburies the corpse on a hillside behind a high wall, and it is later burned. The pattern of an undecayed corpse, spreading death and escalating disposal anticipates the vampire panics of five centuries later.12

L'affronter
Première mention
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
Origine
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Islande
Ce qui le provoque
Autre
A violent old man will not lie still after death; the saga offers no further explanation.
Comment on en devient un
He dies sitting upright in his seat, a posture the sagas treat as a sign that the dead will walk.
Comment il se déplace
Variable
Leaves his cairn and ravages the district around Þórsnes for most of a year.
Intelligence
Un peu d'intelligence
Points faibles
  • reburial on a remote hillside behind a high stone wall
  • burning the body

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antiqueMoyen Âge1500 à 18991900 à 19671968 à 19992000 à 20092010 à aujourd'hui1260

Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

Father of the chieftain Arnkel, who has to bury him twice12

2

A shepherd is found near his cairn coal-black with every bone broken12

3

Birds that land on his grave drop dead and the farm oxen are ridden to death12

4

Those he kills are seen walking with him, so the haunting spreads12

5

After the corpse is finally burned he is said to return once more in the form of a bull12

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

Classe de vitesse d'après la description des sources (variable), pas une mesure.

Vous, en marchant environ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Vous, en jogging environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Þórólfr bægifótr environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Eyrbyggja saga - Wikipedia
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia

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