Dossier nr. 033 van 446
Hortlak
Ook wel genoemd: 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
Eerst vastgelegd
1550
Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th centuryHerkomst
Turkish and wider Turkic
Turkije, AzerbeidzjanWat het veroorzaakt
Nooit verklaard
The dead person does not stay dead; Ottoman usage often attributes this to the deceased having been a witch (cadı).Hoe je er een wordt
A corpse that fails to decay in the grave, often that of a reputed witch or sorcerer.
Intelligentie
Enige intelligentie
Zwakke plekken
- a stake through the heart or body
- burning
- decapitation
- quicklime poured on the corpse
- throwing the body into a river
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Oudheid
Middeleeuwen
1500 tot 1899
1900 tot 1967
1968 tot 1999
2000 tot 2009
2010 tot nu
1550Cases involving hortlaks appear in Ottoman kadı court records from the mid-16th century
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