Vampire burial

A vampire burial or anti-vampire burial is a burial performed in a way which was believed to prevent the deceased from revenance in the form of a vampire or to prevent an "actual" vampire from revenance. Traditions, known from the medieval times, varied.[1] [2][3]

Archeologists uncovered a number of burials believed to be of this type.

  • A mid-16th century burial of a woman on the island of Lazzaretto Nuovo in the Venice lagoon, Italy, [3]
  • Some internments in a cemetery in Greater Poland, dated 1675-1880. [4]
  • Drawsko cemetery, Poland, dated to 17th-18th centuries[5] However the theory about "vampire burials" there has been contested later.[6]
  • Gliwice, Poland, undated [7]
  • Medieval cemetery site in Kałdus, Poland[8]
  • Anti-vampire burial from Sanok

References

  1. ↑ "How to Properly Bury a Vampire", Live Science, June 7, 2012
  2. ↑ "'Vampire' Graves Uncovered in Poland", Live Science, July 12, 2013
  3. 1 2 ""Vampire" unearthed in Venice plague grave", Reuters, MARCH 12, 2009
  4. ↑ "The Vampires of Wielkopolska"
  5. ↑ "Mystery of 'Vampire' Burials Solved", Live Science, November 26, 2014
  6. ↑ "Poland’s Sickle-Wearing Corpses Not Vampire Burials", history.com, December 22, 2015
  7. ↑ "Polish archaeologists unearth 'vampire grave'", The Telegraph, July 11, 2013
  8. ↑ "Healthy 'Vampires' Emerge From Graves In Medieval Polish Cemetery", Forbes, June 1, 2016
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