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Drakelow revenants

A tún ń pè é ní: the two peasants of Stapenhill

The Drakelow case is among the earliest detailed walking-dead reports from England. Two fugitive peasants die suddenly, return carrying their own coffins and bring a deadly sickness to the village of Drakelow. With episcopal permission the bodies are dug up, beheaded and their hearts cut out and burned. The procedure, especially the head laid between the legs, matches so-called deviant burials that archaeologists find across medieval Europe.12

⚔️ Bá a jà
Ìgbà àkọ́kọ́ tí a kọ sílẹ̀
1090
Events of about 1090, recorded by Abbot Geoffrey of Burton in the early 12th century
Orírun
Medieval English
United Kingdom
Ohun tó fà á
Ègún
In the abbot's telling, the men were struck dead after wronging Burton Abbey and its saint.
Bí o ṣe di ọ̀kan
Two runaway peasants of the abbey who died suddenly and were buried.
Bí ó ṣe ń rìn
Ó yàtọ̀
They walk through the village at night with their coffins on their shoulders, sometimes in the shape of bears or dogs, shouting at the houses.
Làákàyè
Làákàyè díẹ̀
Àwọn ibi tó lẹ̀
  • exhumation
  • decapitation, with the heads placed between the legs
  • tearing out the hearts and burning them

Ìgbà wo ló kọ́kọ́ farahàn?

Ayé àtijọ́
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1090

Events of about 1090, recorded by Abbot Geoffrey of Burton in the early 12th century

àkọsílẹ̀ pápá

Ohun tí àwọn orísun sọ

1

They reappeared on the very evening of their burial12

2

Villagers sickened and died after the visits12

3

Three men obtained the bishop's permission to open the graves12

4

The bodies were found intact12

5

The sick recovered but the survivors abandoned Drakelow12

Ṣé o lè sá fún un?

Ẹ̀ka ìyára láti bí àwọn orísun ṣe ṣàpèjúwe rẹ̀ (ó yàtọ̀), kì í ṣe ìwọ̀n.

Ìwọ, ní rírìn nǹkan bí 5 km/h
Ìwọ, ní eré òwúrọ̀ nǹkan bí 10 km/h
Drakelow revenants nǹkan bí 10 km/h
Àgbàlagbà alágbára tó ń sáré nǹkan bí 24 km/h
Ẹni tó ń gun kẹ̀kẹ́ lákọ̀ọ́kọ̀ nǹkan bí 37 km/h

Àwọn orísun

  1. Elif Boyacıoğlu, 'The Revenant on the Threshold', Folklore 62 (2015)
  2. Revenant - Wikipedia

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