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Deacon of Myrká

Aussi appelé: Djákninn á Myrká, Deacon of Dark River
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantCourent1500 à 1899

The Deacon of Myrká is Iceland's best-known tale of the returning dead. A drowned clergyman rides out of his grave on Christmas Eve to collect the woman he had promised to bring to the feast, and tries to drag her into the grave with him. It is a local form of the international 'dead bridegroom' story, but the deacon is a solid corpse with a smashed skull. The tale remains a fixture of Icelandic art and literature.1

L'affronter
Première mention
1860
First printed in Konrad Maurer's Isländische Volkssagen der Gegenwart (1860), then in Jón Árnason's collection (1862)
Origine
Icelandic
Islande
Ce qui le provoque
Autre
A drowned man keeps the appointment he made in life.
Comment on en devient un
A deacon drowned in the river Hörgá with a head wound a week before Christmas, having promised to fetch his fiancée for the feast.
Comment il se déplace
Courent
Arrives on horseback and carries the woman off at a gallop to the churchyard.
Intelligence
Malin
Points faibles
  • ringing the church bell
  • an exorcist, who finally laid him

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antiqueMoyen Âge1500 à 18991900 à 19671968 à 19992000 à 20092010 à aujourd'hui1860

First printed in Konrad Maurer's Isländische Volkssagen der Gegenwart (1860), then in Jón Árnason's collection (1862)

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

His fiancée Guðrún had not heard that he was dead1

2

As they ride, his hat tips forward and she sees the bare skull through the wound1

3

He calls her 'Garún' because the Icelandic dead cannot pronounce Guð, 'God'1

4

At the open grave he seizes only the empty sleeve of her coat1

5

She saves herself by hauling on the bell rope until people come1

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

Classe de vitesse d'après la description des sources (courent), pas une mesure.

Vous, en marchant environ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Vous, en jogging environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Deacon of Myrká environ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Dj%C3%A1kninn %C3%A1 Myrk%C3%A1 - Wikipedia

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