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Johannes Cuntius

Aussi appelé: Cuntius of Pentsch, the Pentsch vampire
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantVariableDémons ou esprits malfaisants1500 à 1899

Johannes Cuntius was a respected alderman of Pentsch, today Horní Benešov in the Czech Republic, whose corpse was tried and burned in 1582. For half a year after his death townspeople reported violent visits marked by cold and an unbearable smell. When his grave was opened the neighbouring bodies had rotted but his appeared fresh, which settled the verdict. Along with the Breslau shoemaker it is a key Silesian case showing vampire-style proceedings a century and a half before the word 'vampire' reached the West.12

⚔️ L'affronter
Première mention
1582
Died February 1582 at Pentsch in Silesia; retold by Henry More in An Antidote against Atheism
Origine
Silesian (German)
Tchéquie
Ce qui le provoque
Démons ou esprits malfaisants
Rumour held that on his deathbed he confessed to a pact with Satan.
Comment on en devient un
A wealthy alderman fatally kicked by one of his own horses.
Comment il se déplace
Variable
Comes as a solid, stinking, ice-cold presence, or as a phantom that vanishes when a candle is lit; he was also seen galloping round his yard like a horse.
Intelligence
Un peu d'intelligence
Points faibles
  • a judicial hearing and exhumation
  • hacking the body to pieces and burning it to ash

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antique
Moyen Âge
1500 à 1899
1900 à 1967
1968 à 1999
2000 à 2009
2010 à aujourd'hui
1582

Died February 1582 at Pentsch in Silesia; retold by Henry More in An Antidote against Atheism

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

A black cat was said to have jumped on his bed, or scratched his face, as he died12

2

Visitors reported a 'most grievous stink' and a freezing breath12

3

He was accused of wrestling a man all night, biting another in the foot, sucking cows dry and attacking his widow12

4

Exhumed in July 1582, his skin was ruddy, his joints supple and his hand gripped a staff placed in it12

5

A vein opened in the leg bled as if he were alive, and the body would not burn until it was cut up12

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
Johannes Cuntius environ 10 km/h
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h

Sources

  1. 1582: Cuntius, the stinking vampire of Pentsch - Alpha History
  2. Vampire Forensics, chapter 6 (Mark Collins Jenkins) - Erenow

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