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Mhachkay

Aussi appelé: Meçkey, Mäçkäy, Мәцкәй
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantCourent1500 à 1899

The mhachkay is a Tatar and Turkic revenant explained by a double soul. The second soul stays in the dead body and sends it out to feed, typically as an owl. An Ottoman judge's report from Tarnovo in 1833 shows the belief acted on: two corpses were dug up, staked, scalded and finally burned. Its near-identity with the Slavic strzyga points to long exchange of undead lore between Turkic and Slavic neighbours.1

L'affronter
Première mention
1833
An Ottoman report of 1833 from Veliko Tarnovo, printed in the official gazette Takvim-i Vakayi, describes the staking and burning of two such corpses
Origine
Tatar and wider Turkic
Russie, Turquie, Bulgarie
Ce qui le provoque
Autre
A person born with two hearts and two souls: at death one soul departs and the other revives the body.
Comment on en devient un
Being born with two souls; such people were expected to die young.
Comment il se déplace
Courent
Flies at night in the shape of an owl and attacks travellers.
Intelligence
Un peu d'intelligence
Points faibles
  • beheading the corpse and burying the head apart from the body
  • burial face down with a sickle round the neck
  • burning, when stakes and boiling water failed (1833 case)

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antiqueMoyen Âge1500 à 18991900 à 19671968 à 19992000 à 20092010 à aujourd'hui1833

An Ottoman report of 1833 from Veliko Tarnovo, printed in the official gazette Takvim-i Vakayi, describes the staking and burning of two such corpses

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

Sucks blood and eats the entrails of its victims1

2

Can be held off for a while with animal blood1

3

A person found in the woods with torn nails and fresh soil and blood on the hands was taken for one and driven away1

4

In the 1833 case the exhumed bodies of two former Janissaries were said to have grown, with longer hair and nails1

5

The description matches the Polish strzyga almost point for point1

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)
Mhachkay environ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Mhachkay - Wikipedia

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