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The dead of Fróðá

Detto anche: Fróðá wonders, Fróðárundur, Frodis-water hauntings
Folklore e mitiNon mortoArrancaMedioevo

The Fróðá episode of Eyrbyggja saga is the nearest thing in medieval literature to a zombie outbreak. One death leads to another, the dead return in growing numbers and they occupy the farmhouse, crowding out the living. The solution is distinctively Icelandic: the revenants are prosecuted under common law at the door of the house, accept the verdict and walk out, after which a priest purifies the building. It combines epidemic logic with a legal system that even the dead obey.12

Combatterlo
Prima attestazione
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
Origine
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Islanda
Cosa lo causa
Altro
Death spreads through a household after the dying wishes of a woman named Thorgunna are ignored; each new victim joins the walking dead.
Come lo si diventa
Members of the household sicken and die after meeting the dead shepherd, then return themselves.
Come si muove
Arranca
The dead walk into the hall in a body each night, sit down by the fire and shake mud from their clothes over the living.
Intelligenza
Un po' di intelligenza
Punti deboli
  • a formal lawsuit at the door of the house, sentencing each revenant to leave
  • holy water and Christian rites

Quando è comparso per la prima volta?

Mondo anticoMedioevoDal 1500 al 1899Dal 1900 al 1967Dal 1968 al 1999Dal 2000 al 2009Dal 2010 a oggi1260

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

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Cosa dicono le fonti

1

It starts with a dead shepherd who attacks Thorir Wooden-leg; Thorir dies and walks too12

2

A seal's head rises through the floor and has to be hammered back down12

3

The dead take over the fire at the Yule feast for nights on end12

4

Servants and farmhands keep dying while the haunting lasts12

5

The chieftain Snorri advises a 'door-court': the dead are summoned, tried and leave one by one12

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Classe di velocità dalla descrizione delle fonti (arranca), non una misura.

The dead of Fróðá circa 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Tu, che cammini circa 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Tu, che corri circa 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Un adulto allenato in sprint circa 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un ciclista veloce circa 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fonti

  1. Eyrbyggja saga - Wikipedia
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia

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Folklore delle stesse terre

DraugrNorse, 1250GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200Deacon of MyrkáIcelandic, 1860HaugbúiNorse, 1250HjaðningavígNorse / Germanic

Stessa epoca: Medioevo

VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100UpiórSlavic, 1100Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198Buckinghamshire revenantMedieval English, 1198Byland Abbey revenantsMedieval English, 1400
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