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Pień padlocked burial

E boetse e bitswa: 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

Di lwantshe
E ngotswe ka lekgetlo la pele
1650
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022
Tshimoloho
Polish
Poland
Se e bakang
Ha e so ka e hlaloswa
Nothing is known of why the woman was feared.
Dintlha tse fokolang
  • a sickle laid across the neck so that it would cut the throat if the body sat up
  • a padlock fastened round a toe

E hlahile neng ka lekgetlo la pele?

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

dinoutu tsa patlisiso

Seo mehlodi e se buang

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

Mehlodi

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

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].

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Ditshomo tsa dinaha tseo

Mehla e tshwanang: 1500 ho isa 1899

Fepa letshweleFana ka tjhelete ya teboho