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Skadegamutc

Také zvaný: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Folklór a mýtyNemrtvýČarodějnictví

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

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Původ
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
USA, Kanada
Co ho způsobuje
Čarodějnictví
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Jak se jím stanete
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Inteligence
Chytrý
Slabá místa
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
terénní poznámky

Co říkají zdroje

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

Zdroje

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

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