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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
E ngotswe ka lekgetlo la pele
1650
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022Tshimoloho
Polish
PolandSe 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
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].