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Illustration of Vrykolakas of Mykonos — Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.

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Vrykolakas of Mykonos

E boetse e bitswa: Tournefort's vrykolakas

Ditshomo le dinonwaneBafu ba tsohilengLefu le lebe kapa lepato le lebe1500 ho isa 1899

The Mykonos case of 1701 is the classic eyewitness account of a Greek community dealing with a walking corpse. Tournefort, a French scientist travelling in the Aegean, watched the islanders exhume a murdered man they blamed for night-time disturbances, cut out and burn his heart and finally burn the body. His report, published some years later, became widely known. It shows the panic running its full course, from pranks to assault to cremation.1 2 3

E ngotswe ka lekgetlo la pele

1701

Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718

Tshimoloho

Greek

Gerike

Se e bakang

Lefu le lebe kapa lepato le lebe

An ill-natured man who had quarrelled with everyone on the island was murdered, and was then said to walk.

Kamoo o fetohang e nngwe ya tsona kateng

A quarrelsome islander who died by violence.

Bohlale

Bohlale bo itseng

Dintlha tse fokolang

cutting out the heart and burning it by the sea (which did not end the panic)
prayers and blessings by the priests
burning the whole body

E hlahile neng ka lekgetlo la pele?

Lefatshe la boholoholo Mehla e Bohareng 1500 ho isa 1899 1900 ho isa 1967 1968 ho isa 1999 2000 ho isa 2009 2010 ho fihlela kajeno

1701

Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718

dinoutu tsa patlisiso

Seo mehlodi e se buang

1

At first he was a nuisance who stole food and drink and upset furniture1 2 3

2

The mood changed after he was said to have attacked a man at night1 2 3

3

Islanders crowded the churches asking the priests for protection1 2 3

4

The heart was removed and burned first; when the disturbances continued the entire corpse was cremated1 2 3

5

Tournefort's description became the best-known Western report of a Greek vrykolakas1 2 3

Mehlodi

Ntlha e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e tswa mehloding ena, e ngotswe ka mantswe a rona. O bone phoso? Re bolelle ho [email protected].

Fepa letshwele. Ha ho dipapatso, ha ho disebedisi tsa ho latela, e lefellwa ke motho a le mong. Tjhelete ya teboho e e boloka inthaneteng.Fana ka tjhelete ya teboho

Ditshomo tsa dinaha tseo

Erichtho's reanimated soldierRoman (literary), 61

VrykolakasGreek, 1645

PhilinnionAncient Greek, 150

The corpse of ThelyphronRoman (literary), 170

BouplagosAncient Greek / Roman, 150

PolykritosAncient Greek, 150

Mehla e tshwanang: 1500 ho isa 1899

JiangshiChinese, 1789

Zombi (Haitian)Haitian (Vodou folklore), 1750

StrigoiRomanian, 1714

Vampir (South Slavic)South Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Bosnian), 1725

AbhartachIrish, 1870

Arnold PaoleSerbian, 1732

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