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Abhartach

Tuntud ka kui: Avartagh, neamh-mairbh

Abhartach is a dwarf sorcerer-king of Ulster legend who would not stay buried. In the version Joyce printed in 1870 he is killed and interred upright three times, and only burial head-down ends his returns. The blood-drinking and the term 'walking dead' belong to later tellings, especially Bob Curran's. The story is regularly proposed as an Irish source for Dracula, though the claim remains speculative.12

⚔️ Võitle temaga
Esimene kirjalik mainimine
1870
First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)
Päritolu
Irish
Ühendkuningriik, Iirimaa
Mis seda põhjustab
Nõiakunst
He was a magician in life, and his own powers bring him back from the grave.
Kuidas selleks saadakse
A dwarf tyrant and sorcerer killed by a neighbouring chieftain and buried standing upright.
Intelligentsus
Nutikas
Nõrgad kohad
  • burial head downwards
  • a sword of yew wood (modern versions)
  • thorns around the grave and a great stone on top (modern versions)

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Antiikmaailm
Keskaeg
1500–1899
1900–1967
1968–1999
2000–2009
2010 tänapäevani
1870

First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)

välimärkmed

Mida allikad ütlevad

1

The name is an Irish word for 'dwarf'12

2

Killed and buried upright, he came back twice before a druid advised burying him upside down12

3

Some tellings credit the killing to Fionn mac Cumhaill; modern ones name a chieftain Cathain12

4

Modern retellings call him one of the neamh-mairbh, the walking dead, and add blood-drinking12

5

His grave is identified with the Slaghtaverty Dolmen in County Londonderry12

6

Bob Curran argued in 2000 that the legend may have influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula12

Allikad

  1. Abhartach - Wikipedia
  2. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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