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Upiór
Også kalt: upyr, upir, vupyr, wąpierz, upír
Upiór is the Polish form of the old East and West Slavic name for a corpse that leaves its grave, a close relative of the word 'vampire'. In village belief it is less an aristocratic bloodsucker than a decaying neighbour who suffocates sleepers, kills livestock and sometimes just comes home to work. Apotropaic burials across Poland and Ukraine, with severed heads, nailed bodies and objects in the mouth, reflect the measures taken against it. It is the eastern European walking dead in its original, pre-literary form.12
Først nevnt
1100
The 'Word of Saint Grigoriy', dated between the 11th and 13th centuries, mentions offerings to upyriOpprinnelse
Slavic
Polen, Ukraina, Belarus, RusslandHva som forårsaker det
En forbannelse
Sudden or cursed deaths, suicide, improper burial, an animal jumping over the corpse, or being killed by another upiór could all produce one.Hvordan man blir en
People marked as different in life, such as redheads, the left-handed, those born with teeth or of another faith, were suspected in advance; a second soul or heart was said to stay behind and move the body.
Intelligens
Litt intelligens
Svake punkter
- beheading, with the head placed between the legs
- nailing the corpse to the coffin or burying it face down
- burning
- poppy seeds or knotted nets in the grave to keep it occupied
- hawthorn, blackthorn or wild rose in the coffin
- cockcrow
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1100The 'Word of Saint Grigoriy', dated between the 11th and 13th centuries, mentions offerings to upyri
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