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Abhartach

Også kalt: Avartagh, neamh-mairbh
Folketro og myterUdødTrolldom1500 til 1899

Abhartach is a dwarf sorcerer-king of Ulster legend who would not stay buried. In the version Joyce printed in 1870 he is killed and interred upright three times, and only burial head-down ends his returns. The blood-drinking and the term 'walking dead' belong to later tellings, especially Bob Curran's. The story is regularly proposed as an Irish source for Dracula, though the claim remains speculative.12

Kjemp mot den
Først nevnt
1870
First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)
Opprinnelse
Irish
Storbritannia, Irland
Hva som forårsaker det
Trolldom
He was a magician in life, and his own powers bring him back from the grave.
Hvordan man blir en
A dwarf tyrant and sorcerer killed by a neighbouring chieftain and buried standing upright.
Intelligens
Smart
Svake punkter
  • burial head downwards
  • a sword of yew wood (modern versions)
  • thorns around the grave and a great stone on top (modern versions)

Når dukket den opp første gang?

AntikkenMiddelalderen1500 til 18991900 til 19671968 til 19992000 til 20092010 til i dag1870

First recorded by Patrick Weston Joyce in The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1870)

feltnotater

Hva kildene sier

1

The name is an Irish word for 'dwarf'12

2

Killed and buried upright, he came back twice before a druid advised burying him upside down12

3

Some tellings credit the killing to Fionn mac Cumhaill; modern ones name a chieftain Cathain12

4

Modern retellings call him one of the neamh-mairbh, the walking dead, and add blood-drinking12

5

His grave is identified with the Slaghtaverty Dolmen in County Londonderry12

6

Bob Curran argued in 2000 that the legend may have influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula12

Kilder

  1. Abhartach - Wikipedia
  2. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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