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Kirkonväki

ብኻልእ ስም: kirkkomaanväki, kalmanväki, churchyard folk, manalaiset

Kirkonväki is the Finnish name for the dead as a body, the population of the churchyard acting together. Finnish legend gives them corporeal form, as a congregation of decaying corpses that fills the church at night and mauls any living intruder, though everyday belief treated them more as an invisible, foul-smelling force. They enforced respect for graves and proper burial and could be weaponised by cunning folk. They are the closest thing in Finnish tradition to a horde of the walking dead.1

ኣዋግኦም
ፈለማ ዝተመዝገበሉ
1551
Related terms occur in Finnish sources from Mikael Agricola (1551) onward; most archive records date from the late 19th century to the 1960s
መበቆል
Finnish
ፊንላንድ
ጠንቁ እንታይ እዩ
ካልእ
The collective dead of a churchyard, active as a crowd around the church and around any unburied corpse.
ብኸመይ ሓደ ካባታቶም ትኸውን
The dead buried in the parish churchyard.
ከመይ ከም ዝንቀሳቐስ
ይፈላለ
In legends they gather in the church at night as a solid crowd; in personal accounts they pass as a swarm of small figures in the air.
ብልሒ
ገለ ብልሒ
ድኹም ነጥብታት
  • precautions when crossing churchyard boundaries
  • leaving something behind: in one legend a man escapes by dropping his fur coat on the church threshold, and the dead tear the coat apart

መዓስ እዩ ፈለማ ዝተራእየ?

Related terms occur in Finnish sources from Mikael Agricola (1551) onward; most archive records date from the late 19th century to the 1960s

ናይ መስክ መዘኻኸሪ

ምንጭታት እንታይ ይብሉ

1

The word means 'churchyard folk', but väki also carries an older sense of 'force' or 'power'1

2

In legends they look like ordinary people or like rotting corpses and skeletons1

3

A migratory legend tells of the dead holding their own Christmas service and attacking a living person who walks in1

4

They reek of death; seers can see them, others only smell them1

5

Churchyard soil, bones or splinters of grave markers could be used to 'send' them against an enemy or set them on a thief1

6

Kaarina Koski's study draws on more than 2,000 records in the Finnish Literature Society's archives, richest in Ostrobothnia1

ጎይኻ ምደሓንካ ዶ?

ደረጃ ቅልጣፈ ካብቲ ምንጭታት ዝገልጽዎ (ይፈላለ) እዩ፣ መዐቀኒ ኣይኮነን።

ንስኻ፣ ብእግሪ ክትከይድ ኣስታት 5 ኪሜ/ሰ
ንስኻ፣ ብቐስታ ክትጎዪ ኣስታት 10 ኪሜ/ሰ
Kirkonväki ኣስታት 10 ኪሜ/ሰ
ብሙሉእ ሓይሉ ዝጎዪ ብቑዕ ዓቢ ሰብ ኣስታት 24 ኪሜ/ሰ
ቅልጡፍ ብሽክለታ ዝዝውር ኣስታት 37 ኪሜ/ሰ

ምንጭታት

  1. Kaarina Koski, 'Conceptual Analysis and Variation in Belief Tradition: A Case of Death-Related Beings', Folklore 38 (2008)

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ንጭፍራ ኣብልዕ። ማስታወቅያ የለን፣ መከታተሊ የለን፣ ብሓደ ሰብ ዝኽፈል። ውህብቶ ኣብ መስመር የጽንሖ።ውህብቶ ግደፍ

ተመሳሳሊ ዘመን: 1500 ክሳብ 1899

ንጭፍራ ኣብልዕውህብቶ ግደፍ