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Hortlak
También llamado: hortdan, xortdan, cadı, obur
Hortlak is the everyday Turkish word for a dead person who climbs back out of the grave. Ottoman judges and muftis were asked to rule on such cases from at least the 16th century and authorised staking or burning the bodies, much as Christian authorities did in the Balkans. Related figures appear among the Azerbaijanis (xortdan) and Tatars. The tradition shows that the walking-corpse panic of south-eastern Europe was shared across the religious frontier.12
Primer registro
1550
Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th centuryOrigen
Turkish and wider Turkic
Turquía, AzerbaiyánQué lo causa
Nunca explicado
The dead person does not stay dead; Ottoman usage often attributes this to the deceased having been a witch (cadı).Cómo te conviertes en uno
A corpse that fails to decay in the grave, often that of a reputed witch or sorcerer.
Inteligencia
Algo de inteligencia
Puntos débiles
- a stake through the heart or body
- burning
- decapitation
- quicklime poured on the corpse
- throwing the body into a river
¿Cuándo apareció por primera vez?
Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th century
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