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Vrykolakas of Mykonos

Aussi appelé: Tournefort's vrykolakas
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantUne mauvaise mort ou un enterrement bâclé1500 à 1899

The Mykonos case of 1701 is the classic eyewitness account of a Greek community dealing with a walking corpse. Tournefort, a French scientist travelling in the Aegean, watched the islanders exhume a murdered man they blamed for night-time disturbances, cut out and burn his heart and finally burn the body. His report, published some years later, became widely known. It shows the panic running its full course, from pranks to assault to cremation.123

⚔️ L'affronter
Première mention
1701
Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718
Origine
Greek
Grèce
Ce qui le provoque
Une mauvaise mort ou un enterrement bâclé
An ill-natured man who had quarrelled with everyone on the island was murdered, and was then said to walk.
Comment on en devient un
A quarrelsome islander who died by violence.
Intelligence
Un peu d'intelligence
Points faibles
  • cutting out the heart and burning it by the sea (which did not end the panic)
  • prayers and blessings by the priests
  • burning the whole body

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
1701

Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

At first he was a nuisance who stole food and drink and upset furniture123

2

The mood changed after he was said to have attacked a man at night123

3

Islanders crowded the churches asking the priests for protection123

4

The heart was removed and burned first; when the disturbances continued the entire corpse was cremated123

5

Tournefort's description became the best-known Western report of a Greek vrykolakas123

Sources

  1. Vrykolakas - Wikipedia
  2. Upi%C3%B3r - Wikipedia
  3. Mykonos by Night: The Island's Untold Vampire Tale - Greek Reporter

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