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Umkhovu

Znany też jako: imikhovu, esemkofu, esimkovu
Folklor i mityNieumarłyCzaryOd 1500 do 1899

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

Stań do walki
Pierwsza wzmianka
1875
Described in D. Leslie's Among the Zulus (1875)
Pochodzenie
Zulu
Republika Południowej Afryki
Co je wywołuje
Czary
A witch or wizard digs up a corpse and brings it back to life as a familiar.
Jak się nim zostaje
A dead person exhumed and revived by a witch.
Inteligencja
Bezmyślny

Kiedy pojawił się po raz pierwszy?

Świat starożytny
Średniowiecze
Od 1500 do 1899
Od 1900 do 1967
Od 1968 do 1999
Od 2000 do 2009
Od 2010 do dziś
1875

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

notatki terenowe

Co mówią źródła

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

Źródła

  1. Esemkofu - Dictionary of South African English

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Ta sama epoka: Od 1500 do 1899

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