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Aufhocker

Ikwabizwa ngokuba: Huckop, Huckupp
Iintsomi zemveli namabali amanduloIvuswe ekufeniIyabaleka

The Aufhocker is a German revenant that attacks by riding its victims. It drops onto a night traveller's shoulders and becomes heavier and heavier until the bearer is crushed with exhaustion. Its destinations, churchyards and graves, mark it as one of the dead. It is a regional specialist within the wider Wiedergänger family.1

Yiphose edabini
Imvelaphi
German
IJamani
Oko kuyibangelayo
Ayizange icaciswe
The sources consulted class it among the returning dead without giving a cause.
Indlela ehamba ngayo
Iyabaleka
Leaps onto the back of a lone walker at night and has to be carried.
Ubukrelekrele
Ubukrelekrele obuthile
Iindawo ezibuthathaka
  • a prayer or formula of banishment
amanqaku ophando

Oko kuthethwa yimithombo

1

The name means roughly 'one who squats on you'1

2

It grows heavier with every step until the victim collapses or dies1

3

Victims are made to carry it to a churchyard wall or a grave1

4

It can take different shapes, and in the Rhineland it could appear as a werewolf1

5

Folklorists stress its bodily weight as proof that it is a revenant and not a ghost1

Ungayigqitha ngokubaleka?

Udidi lwesantya ngokwendlela imithombo eyichaza ngayo (iyabaleka), asingomlinganiselo.

Wena, uhamba malunga ne-5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wena, ujoga malunga ne-10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Umntu omdala osempilweni ebaleka ngamandla malunga ne-24 km/h (15 mph)
Aufhocker malunga ne-24 km/h (15 mph)
Umkhweli webhayisikile okhawulezayo malunga ne-37 km/h (23 mph)

Imithombo

  1. Wiederg%C3%A4nger - Wikipedia

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Yondla umkhosi. Akukho zintengiso, akukho zilandeli, ihlawulelwa ngumntu omnye. Ithiphu iyigcina ikwi-intanethi.Shiya ithiphu

Iintsomi zemveli ezivela kumazwe afanayo

NachzehrerGerman, 1800WiedergängerGermanFextCzech and central European, 1630

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