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Aufhocker

Maqaa biraa: Huckop, Huckupp
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaDu'aa ka'eNi fiiga

The Aufhocker is a German revenant that attacks by riding its victims. It drops onto a night traveller's shoulders and becomes heavier and heavier until the bearer is crushed with exhaustion. Its destinations, churchyards and graves, mark it as one of the dead. It is a regional specialist within the wider Wiedergänger family.1

Lolsiisi
Ka'umsa
German
Jarmanii
Maaltu isa fida
Gonkumaa hin ibsamne
The sources consulted class it among the returning dead without giving a cause.
Akkamitti sochoo'a
Ni fiiga
Leaps onto the back of a lone walker at night and has to be carried.
Beekumsa
Beekumsa muraasa
Bakkeewwan laafoo
  • a prayer or formula of banishment
yaadannoo dirree

Maddoonni maal jedhu

1

The name means roughly 'one who squats on you'1

2

It grows heavier with every step until the victim collapses or dies1

3

Victims are made to carry it to a churchyard wall or a grave1

4

It can take different shapes, and in the Rhineland it could appear as a werewolf1

5

Folklorists stress its bodily weight as proof that it is a revenant and not a ghost1

Fiigdee isa jalaa ba'uu dandeessaa?

Sadarkaa saffisaa akkaataa maddoonni itti ibsan irraa (ni fiiga), safara miti.

Ati, deemaa gara 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ati, suuta fiigaa gara 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ga'eessa qaamaan jabaa kan ariitiin fiigu gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Aufhocker gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Saayikilii oofaa ariifataa gara 37 km/h (23 mph)

Maddoota

  1. Wiederg%C3%A4nger - Wikipedia

Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi maddoota kana irraa dhufe, jechoota keenyaan barreeffame. Dogoggora argitee? [email protected] irratti nutti himi.

Tuuta nyaachisi. Beeksisa hin jiru, hordoftuun hin jiru, nama tokkoon kaffalama. Gumaachi toora irra akka turu godha.Gumaacha kenni

Seenaa aadaa biyyoota wal fakkaatan irraa

NachzehrerGerman, 1800WiedergängerGermanFextCzech and central European, 1630

Kan akkasii dabalataa

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
Tuuta nyaachisiGumaacha kenni