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Pień padlocked burial

Gape e bidiwa: 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 kwadilwe la ntlha
1650
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022
Tshimologo
Polish
Poland
Se se e bakang
Ga go a tlhalosiwa le ka motlha
Nothing is known of why the woman was feared.
Bokoa
  • a sickle laid across the neck so that it would cut the throat if the body sat up
  • a padlock fastened round a toe
dikwalo tsa patlisiso

Se metswedi 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

Metswedi

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

Ntlha nngwe le nngwe mo tsebeng e e tswa mo metsweding e, e kwadilwe ka mafoko a rona. O bone phoso? Re bolelele kwa [email protected].

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Dinaane tsa setso go tswa mo mafatsheng a le mangwe

Motlha o o tshwanang: 1500 go ya go 1899

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