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[6] [7] The word revenant is derived from the Old French word revenant ' returning ' (see also the related French verb revenir ' to come back '). Revenants are part of the legend of various cultures, including Celtic and Norse mythology, [8] and stories of supposed revenant visitations were documented by English historians in the Middle Ages. [9]
Old Norse draugr is defined by Guðbrandur Vigfússon and Richard Cleasby as "a ghost, spirit, esp. the dead inhabitant of a cairn". [4] Often the draugr is regarded not so much as a ghost but a revenant, [5] i.e., the reanimated corpse of the deceased inside the burial mound [6] (as in the example of Kárr inn gamli in Grettis saga).
In this case, the revenant warden was always distinct from more conscious undeads, such as the draugar. Under the influence of Christianity , the belief in wardens changed. Some view the spirit as being more akin to the Christian concept of a good and a bad conscience, while others view them as guardian angels.
Articles relating to revenants, animated corpses that are believed to have revived from death to haunt the living.Revenants are part of the legend of various cultures, including Old Irish Celtic and Norse mythology.
In mythology and folklore, a vengeful ghost or vengeful spirit is said to be the spirit of a dead person who returns from the afterlife to seek revenge for a cruel, unnatural or unjust death. In certain cultures where funeral and burial or cremation ceremonies are important, such vengeful spirits may also be considered as unhappy ghosts of ...
Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786444526. Spence, Lewis (1960) An Encyclopaedia of Occultism University Books Inc. New Hyde Park, New York; The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63
Gello (Ancient Greek: Γελλώ), in Greek mythology, is a female demon or revenant who threatens the reproductive cycle by causing infertility, miscarriage, and infant mortality. By the Byzantine era, the gelloudes (γελλούδες) were considered a class of beings.
A Gjenganger (Norwegian: Gjenganger, Attergangar or Gjenferd; Danish: Genganger or Genfærd; Swedish: Gengångare) in Scandinavian folklore was a term for a revenant, the spirit or ghost of a deceased from the grave. [1]