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Hortlak
Detto anche: hortdan, xortdan, cadı, obur
Hortlak is the everyday Turkish word for a dead person who climbs back out of the grave. Ottoman judges and muftis were asked to rule on such cases from at least the 16th century and authorised staking or burning the bodies, much as Christian authorities did in the Balkans. Related figures appear among the Azerbaijanis (xortdan) and Tatars. The tradition shows that the walking-corpse panic of south-eastern Europe was shared across the religious frontier.12
Prima attestazione
1550
Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th centuryOrigine
Turkish and wider Turkic
Turchia, AzerbaigianCosa lo causa
Mai spiegato
The dead person does not stay dead; Ottoman usage often attributes this to the deceased having been a witch (cadı).Come lo si diventa
A corpse that fails to decay in the grave, often that of a reputed witch or sorcerer.
Intelligenza
Un po' di intelligenza
Punti deboli
- a stake through the heart or body
- burning
- decapitation
- quicklime poured on the corpse
- throwing the body into a river
Quando è comparso per la prima volta?
Mondo antico
Medioevo
Dal 1500 al 1899
Dal 1900 al 1967
Dal 1968 al 1999
Dal 2000 al 2009
Dal 2010 a oggi
1550Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th century
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Mhachkay
Örek
Jiangshi
Zombi (Haitian)
Strigoi
Vampir (South Slavic)
Abhartach
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