Sava Savanović

Сава Савановић

Sava Savanović
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Ringkasan

Sava Savanović adalah salah satu vampir paling terkenal dalam cerita rakyat Balkan dan Serbia, yang konon tinggal di sebuah kincir air tua dan meminum darah para penggiling gandum.

Sava Savanović is one of the most famous vampires of Balkan and Serbian folklore, said to have lived in an old watermill and drunk the blood of millers.

Kisah dan tradisi

Sava Savanović adalah salah satu vampir paling terkenal dalam cerita rakyat Balkan dan Serbia, dan hingga kini tetap vampir yang paling dikenal di Serbia. Menurut legenda, ia tinggal di sebuah kincir air tua di Sungai Rogačica, di desa Zarožje, wilayah Bajina Bašta, dan membunuh serta meminum darah para penggiling yang datang menggiling biji-bijian mereka. Kisahnya hanya diwariskan secara lisan dan memiliki banyak versi, tetapi intinya sama: seorang laki-laki dari desa Zarožje yang tewas secara tragis setelah sebuah pembunuhan, lalu dikuburkan di dekat tempat kejadian. Setelah para penggiling di kincir air Sungai Rogačica berulang kali ditemukan tewas dengan bekas gigitan di leher, penduduk yakin Sava telah menjadi vampir. Ketika kuburnya dibuka, jasadnya ditemukan tidak membusuk, dan untuk mematahkan kutukan sebuah pancang runcing ditancapkan ke jantungnya. Meski ia biasanya disebut vampir Serbia pertama, ada klaim bahwa cerita rakyat Serbia sudah mengenal Petar Blagojević dari Kisiljevo, yang meninggal pada 1725. Sava Savanović juga muncul dalam cerita Posle devedeset godina karya Milovan Glišić dan dalam film horor Leptirica yang terilhami cerita itu.

Sava Savanović is one of the most famous vampires of Balkan and Serbian folklore and remains the best-known vampire in Serbia today. Legend places his home in an old watermill beside the Rogačica river near the village of Zarožje, in Bajina Bašta, where he killed millers who brought their grain and drank their blood. His story was passed down only orally and has many versions, but they share a core: a man of Zarožje village who died tragically after a killing and was buried near the scene. After millers at the Rogačica watermills were repeatedly found dead with bite marks on their necks, villagers concluded that Sava had become a vampire. When his grave was opened his body was found undecayed, and to break the curse a sharpened stake was driven through his heart. Although he is usually called the first Serbian vampire, there are claims that Serbian folklore already knew Petar Blagojević of Kisiljevo, who died in 1725. Sava Savanović also appears in Milovan Glišić's story Posle devedeset godina and in the horror film Leptirica inspired by it.

Fakta utama

Budaya / Culture
Folklor Slavia
Kawasan / Region
Eropa
Negara / Country
Serbia
Klasifikasi / Classification
Undead
Habitat
Water

Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?

Saat kincir air yang dikaitkan dengannya runtuh pada 2012, pemerintah setempat bercanda memperingatkan bahwa Sava kini bebas mencari rumah baru.

When the watermill linked to him collapsed in 2012, local authorities jokingly warned that Savanović was now free to look for a new home.

Makhluk terkait / Related beings

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