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Skadegamutc

També anomenat: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Folklore i miteMort viuBruixeria

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

Lluita-hi
Origen
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
EUA, Canadà
Què el causa
Bruixeria
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Com et converteixes en un
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Intel·ligència
Intel·ligent
Punts febles
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
notes de camp

Què diuen les fonts

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

Fonts

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

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