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Umkhovu

ຍັງເອີ້ນວ່າ: imikhovu, esemkofu, esimkovu

The umkhovu is the Zulu form of the witch's zombie: a body taken from the grave, revived by magic and kept as a familiar. Its tongue is removed so that it cannot speak. Colonial-era writers recorded the belief in the 1870s, half a century before The Magic Island popularised the Haitian zombi. It belongs to the same family as the zombie beliefs reported from South Africa in the late 20th century.1

ສູ້ກັນເລີຍ
ບັນທຶກຄັ້ງທຳອິດ
1875
Described in D. Leslie's Among the Zulus (1875)
ຕົ້ນກຳເນີດ
Zulu
ອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້
ສາເຫດມາຈາກຫຍັງ
ໄສຍະສາດ
A witch or wizard digs up a corpse and brings it back to life as a familiar.
ກາຍເປັນມັນໄດ້ແນວໃດ
A dead person exhumed and revived by a witch.
ສະຕິປັນຍາ
ບໍ່ມີສະໝອງຄິດ

ມັນປາກົດຄັ້ງທຳອິດເມື່ອໃດ?

Described in D. Leslie's Among the Zulus (1875)

ບັນທຶກພາກສະໜາມ

ແຫຼ່ງຂໍ້ມູນບອກວ່າແນວໃດ

1

The Zulu word means an exhumed corpse revived as a witch's servant1

2

The witch cuts out its tongue, so that it can only make a wailing sound1

3

English writers of the 19th century rendered the plural as 'Esemkofu'1

4

H. Rider Haggard used them in his Zulu novel Nada (1895), haunting a 'Ghost Mountain'1

5

The Dictionary of South African English records the term from 1875 to 19251

ແຫຼ່ງຂໍ້ມູນ

  1. Esemkofu - Dictionary of South African English

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ຍຸກດຽວກັນ: 1500 ຫາ 1899

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