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Abhartach
Detto anche: Avartagh, neamh-mairbh
Abhartach is a dwarf sorcerer-king of Ulster legend who would not stay buried. In the version Joyce printed in 1870 he is killed and interred upright three times, and only burial head-down ends his returns. The blood-drinking and the term 'walking dead' belong to later tellings, especially Bob Curran's. The story is regularly proposed as an Irish source for Dracula, though the claim remains speculative.12
Prima attestazione
1870
First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)Origine
Irish
Regno Unito, IrlandaCosa lo causa
Stregoneria
He was a magician in life, and his own powers bring him back from the grave.Come lo si diventa
A dwarf tyrant and sorcerer killed by a neighbouring chieftain and buried standing upright.
Intelligenza
Furbo
Punti deboli
- burial head downwards
- a sword of yew wood (modern versions)
- thorns around the grave and a great stone on top (modern versions)
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1870First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)
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