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Illustration of Drakelow revenants
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Drakelow revenants

Ibuye libizwe: the two peasants of Stapenhill
Amasiko nezinganekwaneAbangafiIyehlukaIsiqalekisoEzikhathini Eziphakathi

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

⚔️ Lwa nayo
Kuqoshwe kuqala
1090
Events of about 1090, recorded by Abbot Geoffrey of Burton in the early 12th century
Imvelaphi
Medieval English
I-United Kingdom
Okuyibangela
Isiqalekiso
In the abbot's telling, the men were struck dead after wronging Burton Abbey and its saint.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
Two runaway peasants of the abbey who died suddenly and were buried.
Indlela inyakaza ngayo
Iyehluka
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.
Ubuhlakani
Ubuhlakani obuthile
Izindawo ezibuthaka
  • exhumation
  • decapitation, with the heads placed between the legs
  • tearing out the hearts and burning them

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Izwe lasendulo
Ezikhathini Eziphakathi
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1090

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

amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo yimithombo

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

Ubungayidlula ngokugijima?

Isigaba sejubane esisuka ekuchazweni yimithombo (iyehluka), hhayi isilinganiso.

Wena, uhamba cishe 5 km/h
Wena, ugijima kancane cishe 10 km/h
Drakelow revenants cishe 10 km/h
Umuntu omdala olungile egijima ngamandla cishe 24 km/h
Umgibeli webhayisikili osheshayo cishe 37 km/h

Imithombo

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

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