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Skadegamutc

Wɔfrɛ no bio: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewAbayisɛm

The skadegamutc is the undead sorcerer of Wabanaki tradition. By day it is a corpse; at night it rises to kill, eat human flesh and lay curses. Only burning the body ends it. It is one of the clearest Native American examples of a flesh-eating reanimated corpse.1

Fa ko
Mfiase
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
Amerika, Canada
Deɛ ɛde ba
Abayisɛm
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Nyansa
Nyansafoɔ
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

The name is usually translated 'ghost-witch'1

2

It kills and eats people1

3

It curses those who cross its path1

4

Maliseet and Abenaki stories tell of hunters killed by one1

5

Known among the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Abenaki1

Fibea

  1. Skadegamutc (Ghost-Witch) - Native Languages of the Americas

Asɛm biara a ɛwɔ krataafa yi so fi saa fibea yi mu, na yɛde yɛn ankasa nsɛm na akyerɛw. Wohunuu mfomsoɔ bi? Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected].

Ma dɔm no aduane. Dawurubɔ nni hɔ, trackers nni hɔ, onipa baako na ɔtua ho ka. Akyɛdeɛ ma ɛkɔ so wɔ intanɛt so.Ma akyɛdeɛ

Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

TupilaqGreenlandic InuitHooh-Strah-DoohWyandot (Huron)

Bebree a ɛte sɛ yei

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ