
Faele Nom. 040 ya 446
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
E kwadilwe la ntlha
1650
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022Tshimologo
Polish
PolandSe 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
E tlhagile la ntlha leng?
A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022
dikwalo tsa patlisiso
Se metswedi e se buang
Metswedi
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].