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Vrykolakas of Mykonos

A tún ń pè é ní: Tournefort's vrykolakas
Ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu àti àròsọÒkúIkú tàbí ìsìnkú búburú1500 sí 1899

The Mykonos case of 1701 is the classic eyewitness account of a Greek community dealing with a walking corpse. Tournefort, a French scientist travelling in the Aegean, watched the islanders exhume a murdered man they blamed for night-time disturbances, cut out and burn his heart and finally burn the body. His report, published some years later, became widely known. It shows the panic running its full course, from pranks to assault to cremation.123

Bá a jà
Ìgbà àkọ́kọ́ tí a kọ sílẹ̀
1701
Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718
Orírun
Greek
Greece
Ohun tó fà á
Ikú tàbí ìsìnkú búburú
An ill-natured man who had quarrelled with everyone on the island was murdered, and was then said to walk.
Bí o ṣe di ọ̀kan
A quarrelsome islander who died by violence.
Làákàyè
Làákàyè díẹ̀
Àwọn ibi tó lẹ̀
  • cutting out the heart and burning it by the sea (which did not end the panic)
  • prayers and blessings by the priests
  • burning the whole body

Ìgbà wo ló kọ́kọ́ farahàn?

Witnessed by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on Mykonos in 1701; his account was published around 1718

àkọsílẹ̀ pápá

Ohun tí àwọn orísun sọ

1

At first he was a nuisance who stole food and drink and upset furniture123

2

The mood changed after he was said to have attacked a man at night123

3

Islanders crowded the churches asking the priests for protection123

4

The heart was removed and burned first; when the disturbances continued the entire corpse was cremated123

5

Tournefort's description became the best-known Western report of a Greek vrykolakas123

Àwọn orísun

  1. Vrykolakas - Wikipedia
  2. Upi%C3%B3r - Wikipedia
  3. Mykonos by Night: The Island's Untold Vampire Tale - Greek Reporter

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Sáà kan náà: 1500 sí 1899

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