Russian folkloric references to reanimated corpses

[Dorian Juric]

Could eretik/eretika be pertinent as well? The core meaning is dissimilar, but I know that it is often used for vampires and the like in areas where upir etc. are not, shall we say, fashionable.

Dorian Juric

> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:26:15 -0700
> From: olphilli at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian folkloric references to reanimated corpses
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> Maybe "оживший мертвец" or "нежить" will be more precise.
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> Olena Phillips
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> On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Leigh Kimmel <leighkimmel at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > I'm looking for terms a Russian in the middle of the 20th century might use
> > to refer to a reanimated corpse. I'm writing a story set in besieged
> > Leningrad for a horror anthology, and I'm trying to avoid the term "zombie,"
> > which is specifically Afro-Caribbean in etymology and cultural association.
> >
> > It doesn't necessarily have to be traditional or "high" folklore -- even
> > the sort of stories kids use to scare each other spitless on a dark night
> > would do just as well. The biggest thing is to try to get a term that
> > doesn't jar the reader with associations of voodoo and the like.
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> > Thanks in advance.
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