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Abhartach

Также известен как: Avartagh, neamh-mairbh
Фольклор и мифыНежитьКолдовство1500–1899

Abhartach is a dwarf sorcerer-king of Ulster legend who would not stay buried. In the version Joyce printed in 1870 he is killed and interred upright three times, and only burial head-down ends his returns. The blood-drinking and the term 'walking dead' belong to later tellings, especially Bob Curran's. The story is regularly proposed as an Irish source for Dracula, though the claim remains speculative.12

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Первое упоминание
1870
First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)
Происхождение
Irish
Великобритания, Ирландия
Что его вызывает
Колдовство
He was a magician in life, and his own powers bring him back from the grave.
Как им становятся
A dwarf tyrant and sorcerer killed by a neighbouring chieftain and buried standing upright.
Интеллект
Умный
Слабые места
  • burial head downwards
  • a sword of yew wood (modern versions)
  • thorns around the grave and a great stone on top (modern versions)

Когда он впервые появился?

Древний мир
Средневековье
1500–1899
1900–1967
1968–1999
2000–2009
2010 – наше время
1870

First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)

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Что говорят источники

1

The name is an Irish word for 'dwarf'12

2

Killed and buried upright, he came back twice before a druid advised burying him upside down12

3

Some tellings credit the killing to Fionn mac Cumhaill; modern ones name a chieftain Cathain12

4

Modern retellings call him one of the neamh-mairbh, the walking dead, and add blood-drinking12

5

His grave is identified with the Slaghtaverty Dolmen in County Londonderry12

6

Bob Curran argued in 2000 that the legend may have influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula12

Источники

  1. Abhartach - Wikipedia
  2. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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Та же эпоха: 1500–1899