ZombieWiki
Zombie Wiki / Kaikki zombit / Kansanperinne ja myytit
Kansio 013 / 446

Wharram Percy mutilated dead

Tunnetaan myös nimellä: Wharram Percy revenants
Kansanperinne ja myytitEpäkuollutKeskiaika

At the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy in Yorkshire, archaeologists identified human remains that had been beheaded, cut up and burned after death. The 2017 study by Historic England and the University of Southampton concluded that the likeliest explanation was fear of revenants. If so, it is physical evidence from England for the practices that chroniclers such as William of Newburgh describe. It shows ordinary villagers acting on the belief that corpses could rise.12

⚔️ Taistele sitä vastaan
Ensimmäinen merkintä
1100
Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017
Alkuperä
Medieval English
Britannia
Mikä sen aiheuttaa
Ei koskaan selitetty
Why these individuals were singled out is not known.
Heikot kohdat
  • decapitation
  • dismemberment
  • burning
  • breaking the long bones after death

Milloin se ilmestyi ensimmäisen kerran?

Antiikin maailma
Keskiaika
1500–1899
1900–1967
1968–1999
2000–2009
2010 tähän päivään
1100

Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017

muistiinpanoja

Mitä lähteet sanovat

1

137 broken bones from at least ten people, including two women and three children, were found in pits away from the churchyard12

2

Knife marks cluster around the head and neck, not where a butcher would cut for meat12

3

Isotope analysis of the teeth showed the dead had grown up locally, ruling out strangers12

4

The researchers, Simon Mays and Alistair Pike, judged an attempt to stop corpses walking the best fit for the evidence12

5

Famine cannibalism remains an alternative that has not been excluded12

6

The bones were excavated in 1963 and lay unstudied for decades12

Lähteet

  1. Medieval villagers warded off 'zombies' by burning and mutilating human remains, study finds - ScienceAlert
  2. Revenant - Wikipedia

Jokainen tämän sivun fakta tulee näistä lähteistä, kirjoitettuna omin sanoin. Huomasitko virheen? Kerro osoitteeseen hello@zombiewiki.app.

Kansanperinnettä samoilta seuduilta

AbhartachIrish, 1870Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198Buckinghamshire revenantMedieval English, 1198Byland Abbey revenantsMedieval English, 1400Drakelow revenantsMedieval English, 1090

Sama aikakausi: Keskiaika

DraugrNorse, 1250VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300UpiórSlavic, 1100AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200HaugbúiNorse, 1250