ZombieWiki
Illustration of Örek
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Kayit No. 446 ci 446

Örek

Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: örək, öräk
Léeb ak cosaanNéew yu dundaatLiggéeyu dëmm

The örek is an animated corpse in the folklore of the Turkic peoples of the Volga region and Anatolia. It is a body raised by sorcery, described in the available accounts in terms very close to the modern zombie. The sources are thin and partly shaped by modern usage. It belongs with the hortlak and ubır in a Turkic family of risen dead.1

Xeexal ko
Cosaan
Turkic (Tatar, Bashkir, Turkish, Azerbaijani)
Rusi, Tirki, Aserbayjaan
Lan moo ko waral
Liggéeyu dëmm
A corpse brought back by magical means such as witchcraft.
Naka ngay doone benn
Raised by witchcraft.
Xel
Amul xel
notu gëstu

Li sours yi wax

1

In Tatar and Bashkir the word itself means 'soul' or 'ghost'1

2

Described as an animated corpse 'brought back to life' by magic1

3

Portrayed as mindless and hungry for human flesh1

4

Some communities held that a dead person could become one through the involvement of a girl dressed in white1

5

Listed alongside the hortlak in studies of Tatar mythology1

Sours yi

  1. Orek - Wikipedia

Xibaar bu nekk ci xët wii jóge na ci sours yii, te nu bind ko ak sunu kàddu. Gis nga njuumte? Wax nu ko ci [email protected].

Leel mbooloo mi. Amul piblisite, amul kuy topp, benn nit moo koy fey. Tuuti xaalis dafay tax mu des ci internet.Bàyyi tuuti xaalis

Léeb yu jóge ci réew yu benn

Yeneen yu mel nii

Leel mbooloo miBàyyi tuuti xaalis