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Condenado

Aussi appelé: condenados, the condemned
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantVariableUne malédiction

The condenado is the walking dead of the Andes: a sinner rejected by the afterlife who wanders the peaks eating travellers. The offences that create one are breaches of kinship and reciprocity, the foundations of highland village life. Communities in southern Peru and Bolivia describe destroying them by smashing or burning the bones. The belief is still current and has been documented by anthropologists working on Andean funeral customs.12

⚔️ L'affronter
Origine
Andean (Peru and Bolivia)
Pérou, Bolivie
Ce qui le provoque
Une malédiction
Sins so grave that the dead person cannot pass into the afterlife.
Comment on en devient un
People who in life raped relatives, stole from friends or hoarded wealth; other accounts add suicides and victims of violent death.
Comment il se déplace
Variable
Roams the high mountains at dusk and at night looking for people.
Intelligence
Un peu d'intelligence
Points faibles
  • taking away the knotted funeral cord (khipu) tied round its waist, which paralyses its legs
  • beating the skeleton to pieces
  • burning
notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

A living dead that hunts humans in order to eat them12

2

Some accounts say it can be saved only by devouring three people12

3

In Arguedas's material it may appear as a dog, cat, snake, toad or owl12

4

It attacks shepherds watching their flocks at night12

5

In the village of Cuspón the dead were buried with a khipu of seven knots to help the soul travel; a condenado still wears its own12

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

Classe de vitesse d'après la description des sources (variable), pas une mesure.

Vous, en marchant environ 5 km/h
Vous, en jogging environ 10 km/h
Condenado environ 10 km/h
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Khipus to Keep Away the Living Dead - Anthropology News
  2. Spooky folklore, monsters and myths of highland Peru - Fertur Peru Travel

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