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Hundeprest of Melrose

Også kalt: the Dog-Priest, Melrose Abbey revenant
Folketro og myterUdødVariererEn dårlig død eller begravelseMiddelalderen

The Hundeprest is the walking dead priest of Melrose, recorded by William of Newburgh. Buried in the monastery, he rose at night and terrified his former mistress until a party of four undertook to watch the grave. One of them drove an axe into the corpse when it charged him, and at dawn the wounded, bleeding body was exhumed, burned and its ashes scattered. The story is unusual for showing a revenant physically injured in a fight.12

⚔️ Kjemp mot den
Først nevnt
1198
William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum, written in the 1190s
Opprinnelse
Medieval English / Scottish borders
Storbritannia
Hva som forårsaker det
En dårlig død eller begravelse
A worldly priest who neglected his calling in life cannot rest in the monastery where he was buried.
Hvordan man blir en
A chaplain so devoted to hunting that he was nicknamed 'Hundeprest', the dog-priest.
Hvordan den beveger seg
Varierer
Rises at night; the sanctity of the monks keeps him from doing harm inside the abbey, so he roams outside and groans around a noblewoman's bedchamber.
Intelligens
Litt intelligens
Svake punkter
  • an axe blow from one of the men watching his grave
  • burning the body and scattering the ashes

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1198

William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum, written in the 1190s

feltnotater

Hva kildene sier

1

He had been chaplain to a noble lady and haunted her after death12

2

Two friars and two strong young men kept an armed vigil at the grave12

3

When three went off to warm themselves, the corpse attacked the one left alone12

4

Wounded, it fled back to a tomb that opened to receive it and closed again12

5

In the morning the body was dug up with the axe wound in it and the grave full of blood12

Ville du kommet deg unna?

Fartsklasse ut fra hvordan kildene beskriver den (varierer), ikke en måling.

Du, gående omtrent 5 km/h
Du, joggende omtrent 10 km/h
Hundeprest of Melrose omtrent 10 km/h
En spreke voksen i full sprint omtrent 24 km/h
En rask syklist omtrent 37 km/h

Kilder

  1. William of Newburgh, History, Book 5 - Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham University)
  2. Elif Boyacıoğlu, 'The Revenant on the Threshold', Folklore 62 (2015)

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