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Upiór

Gape e bidiwa: upyr, upir, vupyr, wąpierz, upír
Dinaane tsa setso le ditlhamaneBaswi ba ba tsogilengPhutsoMotlha wa Bogare

Upiór is the Polish form of the old East and West Slavic name for a corpse that leaves its grave, a close relative of the word 'vampire'. In village belief it is less an aristocratic bloodsucker than a decaying neighbour who suffocates sleepers, kills livestock and sometimes just comes home to work. Apotropaic burials across Poland and Ukraine, with severed heads, nailed bodies and objects in the mouth, reflect the measures taken against it. It is the eastern European walking dead in its original, pre-literary form.12

Di lwantshe
E kwadilwe la ntlha
1100
The 'Word of Saint Grigoriy', dated between the 11th and 13th centuries, mentions offerings to upyri
Tshimologo
Slavic
Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Rasia
Se se e bakang
Phutso
Sudden or cursed deaths, suicide, improper burial, an animal jumping over the corpse, or being killed by another upiór could all produce one.
O fetoga yone jang
People marked as different in life, such as redheads, the left-handed, those born with teeth or of another faith, were suspected in advance; a second soul or heart was said to stay behind and move the body.
Botlhale
Botlhale bo bonnye
Bokoa
  • beheading, with the head placed between the legs
  • nailing the corpse to the coffin or burying it face down
  • burning
  • poppy seeds or knotted nets in the grave to keep it occupied
  • hawthorn, blackthorn or wild rose in the coffin
  • cockcrow

E tlhagile la ntlha leng?

Lefatshe la bogologoloMotlha wa Bogare1500 go ya go 18991900 go ya go 19671968 go ya go 19992000 go ya go 20092010 go fitlha gompieno1100

The 'Word of Saint Grigoriy', dated between the 11th and 13th centuries, mentions offerings to upyri

dikwalo tsa patlisiso

Se metswedi e se buang

1

Often described as having two hearts and two souls12

2

Tears victims apart with great strength, drinks blood and can kill with its breath or scream12

3

Dead spouses were said to come home and carry on with their old household chores12

4

Signs in the corpse: no rigor mortis, a flushed face, blood under the nails12

5

Caught out at dawn, it turns into black tar12

6

Human and cattle plagues were blamed on it, and suspected graves were opened12

Metswedi

  1. Upi%C3%B3r - Wikipedia
  2. Vampire folklore by region - 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

NachzehrerGerman, 1800StrzygaPolish and Silesian, 1863Johannes CuntiusSilesian (German), 1582Pień padlocked burialPolish, 1650Shoemaker of BreslauSilesian (German), 1591Zalozhnye pokoinikiEast Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian)

Motlha o o tshwanang: Motlha wa Bogare

DraugrNorse, 1250VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198
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