godsipclub , 1 month ago In 2023, in #Poland, yet another grave was discovered¹ with several common anti-vampire tracts: The body was placed downward A sickle was placed on the body's neck A lock was placed on its feet In that case, if the buried one was a #vampire, or tried to come back among the living, those gimmicks hopefully would have stopped it. It wasn't uncommon, in Eastern Europe, to have legends and beliefs about vampires. In #Slavic mythology: The strzyga, not to be confused with the worshippers of Morana or Striga (Stribog's² female counterpart), was believed some kind of vampire or demon Strigoi³ were vampiric spirits and witches A kresnik⁴ (not the homonymous god) was a shamanic worker who was said to hunt vampires and protect villages form malicious spirits It was common to put some "extra precautions" in some tombs, as copper coins in the mouth of the deceased as expedient against evil ¹ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anti-vampire-graves-poland ² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stribog ³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigoi ⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krsnik_(vampire_hunter) @mythology #mythology
In 2023, in #Poland, yet another grave was discovered¹ with several common anti-vampire tracts:
In that case, if the buried one was a #vampire, or tried to come back among the living, those gimmicks hopefully would have stopped it.
It wasn't uncommon, in Eastern Europe, to have legends and beliefs about vampires. In #Slavic mythology:
¹ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anti-vampire-graves-poland ² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stribog ³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigoi ⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krsnik_(vampire_hunter)
@mythology #mythology