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Vrykolakas of Mykonos

Detto anche: Tournefort's vrykolakas
Folklore e mitiNon mortoUna brutta morte o una sepoltura sbrigativaDal 1500 al 1899

The Mykonos case of 1701 is the classic eyewitness account of a Greek community dealing with a walking corpse. Tournefort, a French scientist travelling in the Aegean, watched the islanders exhume a murdered man they blamed for night-time disturbances, cut out and burn his heart and finally burn the body. His report, published some years later, became widely known. It shows the panic running its full course, from pranks to assault to cremation.123

Combatterlo
Prima attestazione
1701
Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718
Origine
Greek
Grecia
Cosa lo causa
Una brutta morte o una sepoltura sbrigativa
An ill-natured man who had quarrelled with everyone on the island was murdered, and was then said to walk.
Come lo si diventa
A quarrelsome islander who died by violence.
Intelligenza
Un po' di intelligenza
Punti deboli
  • cutting out the heart and burning it by the sea (which did not end the panic)
  • prayers and blessings by the priests
  • burning the whole body

Quando è comparso per la prima volta?

Mondo anticoMedioevoDal 1500 al 1899Dal 1900 al 1967Dal 1968 al 1999Dal 2000 al 2009Dal 2010 a oggi1701

Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718

appunti sul campo

Cosa dicono le fonti

1

At first he was a nuisance who stole food and drink and upset furniture123

2

The mood changed after he was said to have attacked a man at night123

3

Islanders crowded the churches asking the priests for protection123

4

The heart was removed and burned first; when the disturbances continued the entire corpse was cremated123

5

Tournefort's description became the best-known Western report of a Greek vrykolakas123

Fonti

  1. Vrykolakas - Wikipedia
  2. Upi%C3%B3r - Wikipedia
  3. Mykonos by Night: The Island's Untold Vampire Tale - Greek Reporter

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Folklore delle stesse terre

Erichtho's reanimated soldierRoman (literary), 61VrykolakasGreek, 1645PhilinnionAncient Greek, 150The corpse of ThelyphronRoman (literary), 170BouplagosAncient Greek / Roman, 150PolykritosAncient Greek, 150

Stessa epoca: Dal 1500 al 1899

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