ZombieWiki
Toimik nr 050 / 446

Nachzehrer

Tuntud ka kui: Nachtzehrer, shroud eater
Folkloor ja müüdidElavsurnuVaevu liigubHalb surm või matus1500–1899

The Nachzehrer is the German shroud-eater, a corpse that kills without getting up. By chewing its grave clothes it was thought to drag its surviving relatives after it one by one, by malice or simply from wanting company. The belief gave communities a reason to open graves during outbreaks of disease and helped shape learned debate about the 'masticating dead' in the 18th century. It represents the stationary end of the revenant spectrum, where the corpse is dangerous but does not walk.12

⚔️ Võitle temaga
Esimene kirjalik mainimine
1800
The word dates from the 19th century; the belief is several centuries older
Päritolu
German
Saksamaa, Poola
Mis seda põhjustab
Halb surm või matus
Folk explanations blame mistakes at burial, such as giving the dead some of the living's own belongings.
Kuidas selleks saadakse
Burying a person with grave goods taken from the living, or with their name still on the burial clothes, was thought to risk it.
Kuidas see liigub
Vaevu liigub
It need not leave the grave at all: lying there, it chews its shroud and draws the life out of its kin at a distance.
Intelligentsus
Natuke intelligentsi

Millal see esimest korda ilmus?

Antiikmaailm
Keskaeg
1500–1899
1900–1967
1968–1999
2000–2009
2010 tänapäevani
1800

The word dates from the 19th century; the belief is several centuries older

välimärkmed

Mida allikad ütlevad

1

The name means roughly 'after-devourer'12

2

It gnaws its own shroud and clothing, which was treated as the commonest sign12

3

Other signs on exhumation: open eyes or mouth, red lips, a soft body, a thumb clasped in the opposite hand12

4

Often, though not always, blamed for epidemics12

5

Belief centred on northern Germany, with reports from Silesia and Bavaria12

6

Michael Ranft devoted a 1734 treatise to the 'chewing and smacking of the dead in their graves'12

Allikad

  1. Nachzehrer - Wikipedia
  2. Wiederg%C3%A4nger - Wikipedia

Iga fakt sellel lehel pärineb nendest allikatest ja on kirjutatud meie enda sõnadega. Märkasid vea? Kirjuta aadressil hello@zombiewiki.app.

Folkloor samadelt aladelt

Sama ajastu: 1500–1899