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Skadegamutc

Maqaa biraa: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaDu'aa ka'eFalfala

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

Lolsiisi
Ka'umsa
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
Ameerikaa, Kanaadaa
Maaltu isa fida
Falfala
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Akkamitti isa taata
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Beekumsa
Qaroo
Bakkeewwan laafoo
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
yaadannoo dirree

Maddoonni maal jedhu

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

Maddoota

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

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Kan akkasii dabalataa

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
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