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Illustration of Condenado
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Ifayile No. 419 kwa-446

Condenado

Ikwabizwa ngokuba: condenados, the condemned
Iintsomi zemveli namabali amanduloIvuswe ekufeniIyahlukaIsiqalekiso

The condenado is the walking dead of the Andes: a sinner rejected by the afterlife who wanders the peaks eating travellers. The offences that create one are breaches of kinship and reciprocity, the foundations of highland village life. Communities in southern Peru and Bolivia describe destroying them by smashing or burning the bones. The belief is still current and has been documented by anthropologists working on Andean funeral customs.12

Yiphose edabini
Imvelaphi
Andean (Peru and Bolivia)
IPeru, IBolivia
Oko kuyibangelayo
Isiqalekiso
Sins so grave that the dead person cannot pass into the afterlife.
Indlela umntu aba yiyo ngayo
People who in life raped relatives, stole from friends or hoarded wealth; other accounts add suicides and victims of violent death.
Indlela ehamba ngayo
Iyahluka
Roams the high mountains at dusk and at night looking for people.
Ubukrelekrele
Ubukrelekrele obuthile
Iindawo ezibuthathaka
  • taking away the knotted funeral cord (khipu) tied round its waist, which paralyses its legs
  • beating the skeleton to pieces
  • burning
amanqaku ophando

Oko kuthethwa yimithombo

1

A living dead that hunts humans in order to eat them12

2

Some accounts say it can be saved only by devouring three people12

3

In Arguedas's material it may appear as a dog, cat, snake, toad or owl12

4

It attacks shepherds watching their flocks at night12

5

In the village of Cuspón the dead were buried with a khipu of seven knots to help the soul travel; a condenado still wears its own12

Ungayigqitha ngokubaleka?

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

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

Imithombo

  1. Khipus to Keep Away the Living Dead - Anthropology News
  2. Spooky folklore, monsters and myths of highland Peru - Fertur Peru Travel

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

Iintsomi zemveli ezivela kumazwe afanayo

MachukunaAndean (Quechua; Peru)

Ezinye ezifana nale

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)Corpo-secoBrazilian
Yondla umkhosiShiya ithiphu