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Drakelow revenants

Ook wel genoemd: the two peasants of Stapenhill
Folklore en mythenOndoodWisselendEen vloekMiddeleeuwen

The Drakelow case is among the earliest detailed walking-dead reports from England. Two fugitive peasants die suddenly, return carrying their own coffins and bring a deadly sickness to the village of Drakelow. With episcopal permission the bodies are dug up, beheaded and their hearts cut out and burned. The procedure, especially the head laid between the legs, matches so-called deviant burials that archaeologists find across medieval Europe.12

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Eerst vastgelegd
1090
Events of about 1090, recorded by Abbot Geoffrey of Burton in the early 12th century
Herkomst
Medieval English
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Wat het veroorzaakt
Een vloek
In the abbot's telling, the men were struck dead after wronging Burton Abbey and its saint.
Hoe je er een wordt
Two runaway peasants of the abbey who died suddenly and were buried.
Hoe hij beweegt
Wisselend
They walk through the village at night with their coffins on their shoulders, sometimes in the shape of bears or dogs, shouting at the houses.
Intelligentie
Enige intelligentie
Zwakke plekken
  • exhumation
  • decapitation, with the heads placed between the legs
  • tearing out the hearts and burning them

Wanneer verscheen hij voor het eerst?

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1090

Events of about 1090, recorded by Abbot Geoffrey of Burton in the early 12th century

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Wat de bronnen zeggen

1

They reappeared on the very evening of their burial12

2

Villagers sickened and died after the visits12

3

Three men obtained the bishop's permission to open the graves12

4

The bodies were found intact12

5

The sick recovered but the survivors abandoned Drakelow12

Zou je hem kunnen ontlopen?

Snelheidsklasse op basis van hoe de bronnen het beschrijven (wisselend), geen meting.

Jij, lopend ongeveer 5 km/h
Jij, joggend ongeveer 10 km/h
Drakelow revenants ongeveer 10 km/h
Een fitte volwassene in een sprint ongeveer 24 km/h
Een snelle wielrenner ongeveer 37 km/h

Bronnen

  1. Elif Boyacıoğlu, 'The Revenant on the Threshold', Folklore 62 (2015)
  2. Revenant - Wikipedia

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