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Skadegamutc

E boetse e bitswa: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Ditshomo le dinonwaneBafu ba tsohilengBoloi

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

Di lwantshe
Tshimoloho
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
Amerika, Canada
Se e bakang
Boloi
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Kamoo o fetohang e nngwe ya tsona kateng
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Bohlale
Bohlale
Dintlha tse fokolang
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
dinoutu tsa patlisiso

Seo mehlodi e se buang

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

Mehlodi

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

Ntlha e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e tswa mehloding ena, e ngotswe ka mantswe a rona. O bone phoso? Re bolelle ho [email protected].

Fepa letshwele. Ha ho dipapatso, ha ho disebedisi tsa ho latela, e lefellwa ke motho a le mong. Tjhelete ya teboho e e boloka inthaneteng.Fana ka tjhelete ya teboho

Ditshomo tsa dinaha tseo

TupilaqGreenlandic InuitHooh-Strah-DoohWyandot (Huron)

Tse ding tse kang ena

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
Fepa letshweleFana ka tjhelete ya teboho