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Hundeprest of Melrose

Kallas även: the Dog-Priest, Melrose Abbey revenant
Folktro och myterOdödVarierarEn dålig död eller begravningMedeltiden

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

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Först belagd
1198
William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum, written in the 1190s
Ursprung
Medieval English / Scottish borders
Storbritannien
Vad som orsakar det
En dålig död eller begravning
A worldly priest who neglected his calling in life cannot rest in the monastery where he was buried.
Hur man blir en
A chaplain so devoted to hunting that he was nicknamed 'Hundeprest', the dog-priest.
Hur den rör sig
Varierar
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
Viss intelligens
Svaga 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

fältanteckningar

Vad källorna säger

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

Skulle du hinna undan?

Hastighetsklass utifrån hur källorna beskriver den (varierar), inte en mätning.

Du, gående cirka 5 km/h
Du, joggande cirka 10 km/h
Hundeprest of Melrose cirka 10 km/h
En vältränad vuxen i full sprint cirka 24 km/h
En snabb cyklist cirka 37 km/h

Källor

  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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