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Wharram Percy mutilated dead

Einnig kallaður: Wharram Percy revenants
Þjóðtrú og goðsagnirÓdauðurMiðaldir

At the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy in Yorkshire, archaeologists identified human remains that had been beheaded, cut up and burned after death. The 2017 study by Historic England and the University of Southampton concluded that the likeliest explanation was fear of revenants. If so, it is physical evidence from England for the practices that chroniclers such as William of Newburgh describe. It shows ordinary villagers acting on the belief that corpses could rise.12

Berjast við hann
Fyrst skráður
1100
Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017
Uppruni
Medieval English
Bretland
Hvað veldur því
Aldrei útskýrt
Why these individuals were singled out is not known.
Veikir blettir
  • decapitation
  • dismemberment
  • burning
  • breaking the long bones after death

Hvenær kom hann fyrst fram?

FornöldMiðaldir1500 til 18991900 til 19671968 til 19992000 til 20092010 til dagsins í dag1100

Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017

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137 broken bones from at least ten people, including two women and three children, were found in pits away from the churchyard12

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Knife marks cluster around the head and neck, not where a butcher would cut for meat12

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Isotope analysis of the teeth showed the dead had grown up locally, ruling out strangers12

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The researchers, Simon Mays and Alistair Pike, judged an attempt to stop corpses walking the best fit for the evidence12

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Famine cannibalism remains an alternative that has not been excluded12

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The bones were excavated in 1963 and lay unstudied for decades12

Heimildir

  1. Medieval villagers warded off 'zombies' by burning and mutilating human remains, study finds - ScienceAlert
  2. Revenant - Wikipedia

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Þjóðtrú frá sömu löndum

AbhartachIrish, 1870Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198Buckinghamshire revenantMedieval English, 1198Byland Abbey revenantsMedieval English, 1400Drakelow revenantsMedieval English, 1090

Sama tímabil: Miðaldir

DraugrNorse, 1250VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300UpiórSlavic, 1100AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200HaugbúiNorse, 1250
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