ZombieWiki
Fascicolo n. 446 di 446

Örek

Detto anche: örək, öräk
Folklore e mitiNon mortoStregoneria

The örek is an animated corpse in the folklore of the Turkic peoples of the Volga region and Anatolia. It is a body raised by sorcery, described in the available accounts in terms very close to the modern zombie. The sources are thin and partly shaped by modern usage. It belongs with the hortlak and ubır in a Turkic family of risen dead.1

⚔️ Combatterlo
Origine
Turkic (Tatar, Bashkir, Turkish, Azerbaijani)
Russia, Turchia, Azerbaigian
Cosa lo causa
Stregoneria
A corpse brought back by magical means such as witchcraft.
Come lo si diventa
Raised by witchcraft.
Intelligenza
Senza cervello
appunti sul campo

Cosa dicono le fonti

1

In Tatar and Bashkir the word itself means 'soul' or 'ghost'1

2

Described as an animated corpse 'brought back to life' by magic1

3

Portrayed as mindless and hungry for human flesh1

4

Some communities held that a dead person could become one through the involvement of a girl dressed in white1

5

Listed alongside the hortlak in studies of Tatar mythology1

Fonti

  1. Orek - Wikipedia

Ogni fatto di questa pagina viene da queste fonti, riscritto con parole nostre. Hai visto un errore? Scrivici a hello@zombiewiki.app.

Folklore delle stesse terre

Simili a questo