Dacianos
The Dacianos formed the mythical group of European wanderers, said to be a caste of gypsies, who specialised in child-stealing and the manufacture of human freaks.[1] They are also referred to as a criminal society that lasted until the 18th century,[2] maiming children so they could be sold as professional beggars.[3]
Origin[edit]
The Dacianos are cited to have inhabited parts of Spain for several hundred years and the term itself, along with gitanos, is a Spanish name for gypsies.[2] They were also identified as the Comprachicos or Comprapequenos in Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs. Hugo claimed that traces of this group can be found in the penal laws of Spain and England.[4] Their origin is linked to gypsies called the Dacians, who settled Dacia, a Roman province and later a kingdom in present-day Hungary.[2] Another theory claims that the Dacianos may have come from Dacca, a province of Pakistan.
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References[edit]
- ↑ Parker, Mike (1984) The World's Most Fantastic Freaks, pp 50,51, OCTOPUS BOOKS, ISBN 0-7064-2145-0 Search this book on
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kienholz, M (1999). Police Files: The Spokane Experience 1853-1995. Spokane, Washington: Millwood Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 0870622862. Search this book on
- ↑ Karpiński, Andrzej. "Child abuse in Polish Towns" (PDF). Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ Hugo, Victor (1892). The Man who Laughs, Volume 1. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. p. 30. Search this book on
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