Upiór

Λέγεται και: upyr, upir, vupyr, wąpierz, upír

Λαογραφία και μύθοιΑπέθαντοςΚατάραΜεσαίωνας

Upiór is the Polish form of the old East and West Slavic name for a corpse that leaves its grave, a close relative of the word 'vampire'. In village belief it is less an aristocratic bloodsucker than a decaying neighbour who suffocates sleepers, kills livestock and sometimes just comes home to work. Apotropaic burials across Poland and Ukraine, with severed heads, nailed bodies and objects in the mouth, reflect the measures taken against it. It is the eastern European walking dead in its original, pre-literary form.1 2

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Πρώτη καταγραφή

1100

The 'Word of Saint Grigoriy', dated between the 11th and 13th centuries, mentions offerings to upyri

Προέλευση

Slavic

Πολωνία, Ουκρανία, Λευκορωσία, Ρωσία

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Κατάρα

Sudden or cursed deaths, suicide, improper burial, an animal jumping over the corpse, or being killed by another upiór could all produce one.

Πώς γίνεσαι ένα

People marked as different in life, such as redheads, the left-handed, those born with teeth or of another faith, were suspected in advance; a second soul or heart was said to stay behind and move the body.

Ευφυΐα

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Αδύναμα σημεία

beheading, with the head placed between the legs
nailing the corpse to the coffin or burying it face down
burning
poppy seeds or knotted nets in the grave to keep it occupied
hawthorn, blackthorn or wild rose in the coffin
cockcrow

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Αρχαίος κόσμος

Μεσαίωνας

1500–1899

1900–1967

1968–1999

2000–2009

2010 μέχρι σήμερα

1100

The 'Word of Saint Grigoriy', dated between the 11th and 13th centuries, mentions offerings to upyri

σημειώσεις πεδίου

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Often described as having two hearts and two souls1 2

Tears victims apart with great strength, drinks blood and can kill with its breath or scream1 2

Dead spouses were said to come home and carry on with their old household chores1 2

Signs in the corpse: no rigor mortis, a flushed face, blood under the nails1 2

Caught out at dawn, it turns into black tar1 2

Human and cattle plagues were blamed on it, and suspected graves were opened1 2

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