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Pień padlocked burial

Yitwa kandi: 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

Bashyire ku murwano
Yanditswe bwa mbere
1650
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022
Inkomoko
Polish
Polonye
Icyayiteye
Ntibyigeze bisobanurwa
Nothing is known of why the woman was feared.
Intege nke
  • a sickle laid across the neck so that it would cut the throat if the body sat up
  • a padlock fastened round a toe

Yagaragaye bwa mbere ryari?

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

inyandiko zo ku kibuga

Ibyo amasoko avuga

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

Amasoko

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

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