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Myslata of Blov

Also called: Myslata the shepherd
Folklore and mythUndeadMiddle Ages

Myslata of Blov is one of the oldest named walking dead in central Europe. The 14th-century Czech account has the dead shepherd roaming at night and calling out the names of those who are to die. Villagers dug him up, ran him through and cremated him while the corpse cried out. The name-calling, the bleeding corpse and the burning all reappear in later vampire reports from the same region.1

⚔️ Battle it
First recorded
1336
Dated to 1336 in Czech sources
Origin
Czech (Bohemian)
Czechia
What causes it
Never explained
The source consulted gives no cause.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • exhumation
  • piercing the body with a stake
  • burning

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1336

Dated to 1336 in Czech sources

field notes

What the sources say

1

A shepherd from the village of Blov in Bohemia1

2

His call was a death sentence with an eight-day term1

3

The corpse is said to have screamed and bled when it was stabbed1

4

Staking alone was not trusted, and the body was burned1

5

Paired in the record with the woman of Levín a few years later1

Sources

  1. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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Folklore from the same lands

UpiórSlavic, 1100Johannes CuntiusSilesian (German), 1582FextCzech and central European, 1630PijavicaSlovene and CroatianWoman of LevínCzech (Bohemian), 1344

Same era: Middle Ages

DraugrNorse, 1250VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070GlámrNorse (Icelandic saga), 1300Revenant (medieval England)Medieval English, 1100AsvithNorse (Danish chronicle and Icelandic saga), 1200Berwick revenantMedieval English / Scottish borders, 1198