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The dead of Fróðá
Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: Fróðá wonders, Fróðárundur, Frodis-water hauntings
The Fróðá episode of Eyrbyggja saga is the nearest thing in medieval literature to a zombie outbreak. One death leads to another, the dead return in growing numbers and they occupy the farmhouse, crowding out the living. The solution is distinctively Icelandic: the revenants are prosecuted under common law at the door of the house, accept the verdict and walk out, after which a priest purifies the building. It combines epidemic logic with a legal system that even the dead obey.12
Jëkk a bindu
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th centuryCosaan
Norse (Icelandic saga)
IslaandLan moo ko waral
Yeneen
Death spreads through a household after the dying wishes of a woman named Thorgunna are ignored; each new victim joins the walking dead.Naka ngay doone benn
Members of the household sicken and die after meeting the dead shepherd, then return themselves.
Naka lay yëngoo
Dafay doxantu
The dead walk into the hall in a body each night, sit down by the fire and shake mud from their clothes over the living.Xel
Am na tuuti xel
Fi mu néewe doole
- a formal lawsuit at the door of the house, sentencing each revenant to leave
- holy water and Christian rites
Kañ la jëkk a feeñ?
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
notu gëstu
Li sours yi wax
Ndax mën nga ko raw ci daw?
Gaawaay bi jóge ci ni sours yi ko melale (dafay doxantu), du natt.
The dead of Fróðá lu tollu ci 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
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)
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)
Sours yi
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