May 4, 2024

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‘Necropants’ made of dead man’s skin thought to bring wealth to wearer

New York Post

 

These pants are to die for?

Trousers replicating those crafted from real human skin are currently on display at an Iceland museum.

The pants — which have been dubbed “necropants” — are part of a 17th-century tradition that says a person will have good luck if they wear a deceased person’s lower half, Newsweek reported.

“I will have to burst the bubble that the necropants on display are a replica, from a mold made from a man (except the most intimate part, which is made up),” Anna Björg Þórarinsdóttir, owner of the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft, said.

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