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Johannes Cuntius

Ook wel genoemd: Cuntius of Pentsch, the Pentsch vampire
Folklore en mythenOndoodWisselendDemonen of boze geesten1500 tot 1899

Johannes Cuntius was a respected alderman of Pentsch, today Horní Benešov in the Czech Republic, whose corpse was tried and burned in 1582. For half a year after his death townspeople reported violent visits marked by cold and an unbearable smell. When his grave was opened the neighbouring bodies had rotted but his appeared fresh, which settled the verdict. Along with the Breslau shoemaker it is a key Silesian case showing vampire-style proceedings a century and a half before the word 'vampire' reached the West.12

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Eerst vastgelegd
1582
Died February 1582 at Pentsch in Silesia; retold by Henry More in An Antidote against Atheism
Herkomst
Silesian (German)
Tsjechië
Wat het veroorzaakt
Demonen of boze geesten
Rumour held that on his deathbed he confessed to a pact with Satan.
Hoe je er een wordt
A wealthy alderman fatally kicked by one of his own horses.
Hoe hij beweegt
Wisselend
Comes as a solid, stinking, ice-cold presence, or as a phantom that vanishes when a candle is lit; he was also seen galloping round his yard like a horse.
Intelligentie
Enige intelligentie
Zwakke plekken
  • a judicial hearing and exhumation
  • hacking the body to pieces and burning it to ash

Wanneer verscheen hij voor het eerst?

Oudheid
Middeleeuwen
1500 tot 1899
1900 tot 1967
1968 tot 1999
2000 tot 2009
2010 tot nu
1582

Died February 1582 at Pentsch in Silesia; retold by Henry More in An Antidote against Atheism

veldnotities

Wat de bronnen zeggen

1

A black cat was said to have jumped on his bed, or scratched his face, as he died12

2

Visitors reported a 'most grievous stink' and a freezing breath12

3

He was accused of wrestling a man all night, biting another in the foot, sucking cows dry and attacking his widow12

4

Exhumed in July 1582, his skin was ruddy, his joints supple and his hand gripped a staff placed in it12

5

A vein opened in the leg bled as if he were alive, and the body would not burn until it was cut up12

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
Johannes Cuntius ongeveer 10 km/h
Een fitte volwassene in een sprint ongeveer 24 km/h
Een snelle wielrenner ongeveer 37 km/h

Bronnen

  1. 1582: Cuntius, the stinking vampire of Pentsch - Alpha History
  2. Vampire Forensics, chapter 6 (Mark Collins Jenkins) - Erenow

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