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Þórólfr bægifótr

Detto anche: Thorolf Twist-Foot, Thorolf Lame-foot, Thorolf Halt-foot
Folklore e mitiNon mortoVariaMedioevo

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

Combatterlo
Prima attestazione
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
Origine
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Islanda
Cosa lo causa
Altro
A violent old man will not lie still after death; the saga offers no further explanation.
Come lo si diventa
He dies sitting upright in his seat, a posture the sagas treat as a sign that the dead will walk.
Come si muove
Varia
Leaves his cairn and ravages the district around Þórsnes for most of a year.
Intelligenza
Un po' di intelligenza
Punti deboli
  • reburial on a remote hillside behind a high stone wall
  • burning the body

Quando è comparso per la prima volta?

Mondo antico
Medioevo
Dal 1500 al 1899
Dal 1900 al 1967
Dal 1968 al 1999
Dal 2000 al 2009
Dal 2010 a oggi
1260

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

appunti sul campo

Cosa dicono le fonti

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

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

Tu, che cammini circa 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Tu, che corri circa 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Þórólfr bægifótr 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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Stessa epoca: Medioevo

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