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Quỷ nhập tràng

E boetse e bitswa: quy nhap trang, demon entering the corpse
Ditshomo le dinonwaneBafu ba tsohilengE a mathaBademona kapa meya e mebe

Quỷ nhập tràng is the Vietnamese belief that a fresh corpse can be occupied by a malevolent spirit and get up. The standard trigger is a black cat jumping across the body, which is why Vietnamese wakes traditionally keep the coffin under constant watch. The risen dead is hungry, strange and hostile, and collapses into advanced decay once exorcised. It is Vietnam's native form of the reanimated corpse.12

Di lwantshe
Tshimoloho
Vietnamese
Vietnam
Se e bakang
Bademona kapa meya e mebe
An evil spirit takes over a newly dead body, classically when a black cat jumps over the corpse or coffin.
Kamoo o fetohang e nngwe ya tsona kateng
A cat leaps over the body before burial; in another version spirits seize the body of someone weak and dying.
Kamoo e tsamayang kateng
E a matha
The corpse sits up or gets to its feet and chases the living.
Bohlale
Bohlale bo itseng
Dintlha tse fokolang
  • never leaving the coffin unattended during the wake, so no cat can cross it
  • an exorcist, who drives the spirit out
dinoutu tsa patlisiso

Seo mehlodi e se buang

1

The name describes a demon entering a corpse12

2

The possessed person may seem to have recovered and pass among the living for days12

3

It gives itself away by odd behaviour and a craving for raw blood or live animals12

4

When the spirit is expelled the body rots at once, as though dead for days12

5

Sceptics suggest the stories began with people wrongly declared dead who woke at their own funerals12

6

The same fear of cats near the dead occurs in Chinese jiangshi lore12

Na o ka e phonyoha ka ho matha?

Sehlopha sa lebelo ho ya ka kamoo mehlodi e e hlalosang kateng (e a matha), eseng tekanyo.

Wena, o tsamaya hoo e ka bang 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wena, o matha butle hoo e ka bang 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Motho e moholo ya matla a mathang ka lebelo le leholo hoo e ka bang 24 km/h (15 mph)
Quỷ nhập tràng hoo e ka bang 24 km/h (15 mph)
Mopalami wa baesekele ya lebelo hoo e ka bang 37 km/h (23 mph)

Mehlodi

  1. Ghosts and demons in Vietnamese folklore - TheSmartLocal Vietnam
  2. Cat Over the Coffin - USC Digital Folklore Archives

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