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Wharram Percy mutilated dead

Известен още като: Wharram Percy revenants
Фолклор и митовеНемъртъвСредновековие

At the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy in Yorkshire, archaeologists identified human remains that had been beheaded, cut up and burned after death. The 2017 study by Historic England and the University of Southampton concluded that the likeliest explanation was fear of revenants. If so, it is physical evidence from England for the practices that chroniclers such as William of Newburgh describe. It shows ordinary villagers acting on the belief that corpses could rise.12

⚔️ Бий се с него
Първо записване
1100
Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017
Произход
Medieval English
Обединеното кралство
Какво го причинява
Никога обяснено
Why these individuals were singled out is not known.
Слаби места
  • decapitation
  • dismemberment
  • burning
  • breaking the long bones after death

Кога се появява за първи път?

Древният свят
Средновековие
1500–1899
1900–1967
1968–1999
2000–2009
2010 до днес
1100

Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017

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Какво казват източниците

1

137 broken bones from at least ten people, including two women and three children, were found in pits away from the churchyard12

2

Knife marks cluster around the head and neck, not where a butcher would cut for meat12

3

Isotope analysis of the teeth showed the dead had grown up locally, ruling out strangers12

4

The researchers, Simon Mays and Alistair Pike, judged an attempt to stop corpses walking the best fit for the evidence12

5

Famine cannibalism remains an alternative that has not been excluded12

6

The bones were excavated in 1963 and lay unstudied for decades12

Източници

  1. Medieval villagers warded off 'zombies' by burning and mutilating human remains, study finds - ScienceAlert
  2. Revenant - Wikipedia

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Фолклор от същите земи

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Същата епоха: Средновековие

DraugrNorse, 1250VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300UpiórSlavic, 1100AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200HaugbúiNorse, 1250