Lithuanian returning dead

Akpọkwa ya: sugrįžtantys numirėliai, numirėlis, walking dead of Lithuania

Akụkọ ifo na akụkọ ọdịnalaNwụrụ anwụỌnwụ ma ọ bụ olili ozu ọjọọOge etiti

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

Mee ha lụọ ọgụ

Mgbe e dere ya nke mbụ

1350

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

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Lithuanian

Lithuania

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Ọnwụ ma ọ bụ olili ozu ọjọọ

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.

Otu i si abụrụ otu

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

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