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Pień padlocked burial

Maqaa biraa: Pień vampire, vampire of Pień

The Pień burial is a 17th-century Polish grave in which a woman was interred with a sickle across her throat and a padlock on her foot. Archaeologists interpret both as measures to keep the dead from rising. It gives physical form to the precautions that folklore prescribes against the upiór and strzyga. The find was reported in 2022 and is usually described as a 'vampire' burial.12

Lolsiisi
Yeroo jalqabaaf kan galmeeffame
1650
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022
Ka'umsa
Polish
Poolaand
Maaltu isa fida
Gonkumaa hin ibsamne
Nothing is known of why the woman was feared.
Bakkeewwan laafoo
  • a sickle laid across the neck so that it would cut the throat if the body sat up
  • a padlock fastened round a toe

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A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022

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Maddoonni maal jedhu

1

The burial is of a woman12

2

The blade was positioned edge-down over the throat12

3

The padlock is understood as 'locking' the dead in place12

4

It is one of several Polish graves with sickles, including a group at Drawsko whose vampire interpretation has been contested12

5

Polish practice against the walking dead also included aspen stakes, stones on the body and burial face down12

Maddoota

  1. Vampire burial - Wikipedia
  2. Upi%C3%B3r - Wikipedia

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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

Bara wal fakkaataa: 1500 hanga 1899

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