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Skadegamutc

Era ayitibwa: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Enfumo n'emboozi ez'eddaAbafu abalamuObulogo

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

Lwanyisa
Gy'ava
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
Amerika, Kanada
Ekikireeta
Obulogo
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Engeri omuntu gy'afuukamu omu ku bo
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Amagezi
Mugezi
Ebifo ebinafu
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
ebiwandiiko by'omu nnimiro

Ensibuko bye zigamba

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

Ensibuko

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

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