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Revenant of Anantis

Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: Alnwick vampire, Anantis castle revenant
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The Anantis case is the most violent of William of Newburgh's four revenant reports. A jealous husband dies without confession, walks at night and spreads a sickness that depopulates the town. Two young men exhume the bloated body, wound it, tear out the heart and burn it on a pyre, after which the pestilence stops. With its blood-filled corpse and heart-burning, it reads like a vampire case written five hundred years before the word reached English; one scholar identifies Anantis with Annan in Dumfriesshire.123

Xeexal ko
Jëkk a bindu
1198
William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum, written in the 1190s
Cosaan
Medieval English / Scottish borders
Àngalteer
Lan moo ko waral
Dee wu bon walla suul gu baaxul
He put off confession after a fatal injury and died without the sacraments.
Naka ngay doone benn
A man of bad character from Yorkshire who fell from a roof beam while spying on his adulterous wife and died unconfessed.
Naka lay yëngoo
Dafay soppiku
Comes out of the grave at night and wanders through courtyards and houses with dogs barking after him.
Xel
Am na tuuti xel
Fi mu néewe doole
  • exhuming the body
  • tearing out the heart
  • burning the corpse

Kañ la jëkk a feeñ?

William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum, written in the 1190s

notu gëstu

Li sours yi wax

1

He had fled to the lord of Anantis to escape justice in York123

2

People barred their doors from dusk to dawn123

3

His presence fouled the air and the town was nearly emptied by disease and flight123

4

Two young men took it on themselves to dig him up123

5

The exhumed corpse was swollen and full of blood, which poured out when they struck it123

Ndax mën nga ko raw ci daw?

Gaawaay bi jóge ci ni sours yi ko melale (dafay soppiku), du natt.

Yow, ci dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yow, ci daw ndànk lu tollu ci 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Revenant of Anantis lu tollu ci 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Mag bu am doole buy daw lu gaaw lool lu tollu ci 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ku gaaw ci welo lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)

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