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Condenado

Maqaa biraa: condenados, the condemned
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaDu'aa ka'eGaragaraAbaarsa

The condenado is the walking dead of the Andes: a sinner rejected by the afterlife who wanders the peaks eating travellers. The offences that create one are breaches of kinship and reciprocity, the foundations of highland village life. Communities in southern Peru and Bolivia describe destroying them by smashing or burning the bones. The belief is still current and has been documented by anthropologists working on Andean funeral customs.12

Lolsiisi
Ka'umsa
Andean (Peru and Bolivia)
Peeruu, Boliiviyaa
Maaltu isa fida
Abaarsa
Sins so grave that the dead person cannot pass into the afterlife.
Akkamitti isa taata
People who in life raped relatives, stole from friends or hoarded wealth; other accounts add suicides and victims of violent death.
Akkamitti sochoo'a
Garagara
Roams the high mountains at dusk and at night looking for people.
Beekumsa
Beekumsa muraasa
Bakkeewwan laafoo
  • taking away the knotted funeral cord (khipu) tied round its waist, which paralyses its legs
  • beating the skeleton to pieces
  • burning
yaadannoo dirree

Maddoonni maal jedhu

1

A living dead that hunts humans in order to eat them12

2

Some accounts say it can be saved only by devouring three people12

3

In Arguedas's material it may appear as a dog, cat, snake, toad or owl12

4

It attacks shepherds watching their flocks at night12

5

In the village of Cuspón the dead were buried with a khipu of seven knots to help the soul travel; a condenado still wears its own12

Fiigdee isa jalaa ba'uu dandeessaa?

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

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

Maddoota

  1. Khipus to Keep Away the Living Dead - Anthropology News
  2. Spooky folklore, monsters and myths of highland Peru - Fertur Peru Travel

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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

MachukunaAndean (Quechua; Peru)

Kan akkasii dabalataa

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