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The dead of Fróðá

Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: Fróðá wonders, Fróðárundur, Frodis-water hauntings
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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

Xeexal ko
Jëkk a bindu
1260
Eyrbyggja saga, written in the mid- or late 13th century
Cosaan
Norse (Icelandic saga)
Islaand
Lan 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

1

It starts with a dead shepherd who attacks Thorir Wooden-leg; Thorir dies and walks too12

2

A seal's head rises through the floor and has to be hammered back down12

3

The dead take over the fire at the Yule feast for nights on end12

4

Servants and farmhands keep dying while the haunting lasts12

5

The chieftain Snorri advises a 'door-court': the dead are summoned, tried and leave one by one12

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

  1. Eyrbyggja saga - Wikipedia
  2. Draugr - Wikipedia

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