Pień padlocked burial

Λέγεται και: Pień vampire, vampire of Pień

The Pień burial is a 17th-century Polish grave in which a woman was interred with a sickle across her throat and a padlock on her foot. Archaeologists interpret both as measures to keep the dead from rising. It gives physical form to the precautions that folklore prescribes against the upiór and strzyga. The find was reported in 2022 and is usually described as a 'vampire' burial.1 2

⚔️ Πολέμησέ το

Πρώτη καταγραφή

1650

A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022

Προέλευση

Polish

Πολωνία

Τι το προκαλεί

Δεν εξηγείται ποτέ

Nothing is known of why the woman was feared.

Αδύναμα σημεία

a sickle laid across the neck so that it would cut the throat if the body sat up
a padlock fastened round a toe

Πότε εμφανίστηκε για πρώτη φορά;

Αρχαίος κόσμος

Μεσαίωνας

1500–1899

1900–1967

1968–1999

2000–2009

2010 μέχρι σήμερα

1650

A 17th-century grave at Pień, reported in September 2022

σημειώσεις πεδίου

Τι λένε οι πηγές

The burial is of a woman1 2

The blade was positioned edge-down over the throat1 2

The padlock is understood as 'locking' the dead in place1 2

It is one of several Polish graves with sickles, including a group at Drawsko whose vampire interpretation has been contested1 2

Polish practice against the walking dead also included aspen stakes, stones on the body and burial face down1 2

Πηγές

Κάθε στοιχείο αυτής της σελίδας προέρχεται από αυτές τις πηγές και είναι γραμμένο με δικά μας λόγια. Βρήκες λάθος; Γράψε μας στο hello@zombiewiki.app.