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Örek

Ibuye libizwe: örək, öräk
Amasiko nezinganekwaneAbangafiUbuthakathi

The örek is an animated corpse in the folklore of the Turkic peoples of the Volga region and Anatolia. It is a body raised by sorcery, described in the available accounts in terms very close to the modern zombie. The sources are thin and partly shaped by modern usage. It belongs with the hortlak and ubır in a Turkic family of risen dead.1

⚔️ Lwa nayo
Imvelaphi
Turkic (Tatar, Bashkir, Turkish, Azerbaijani)
I-Russia, I-Turkey, I-Azerbaijan
Okuyibangela
Ubuthakathi
A corpse brought back by magical means such as witchcraft.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
Raised by witchcraft.
Ubuhlakani
Abangenamqondo
amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo yimithombo

1

In Tatar and Bashkir the word itself means 'soul' or 'ghost'1

2

Described as an animated corpse 'brought back to life' by magic1

3

Portrayed as mindless and hungry for human flesh1

4

Some communities held that a dead person could become one through the involvement of a girl dressed in white1

5

Listed alongside the hortlak in studies of Tatar mythology1

Imithombo

  1. Orek - Wikipedia

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