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Mhachkay

ብኻልእ ስም: Meçkey, Mäçkäy, Мәцкәй

The mhachkay is a Tatar and Turkic revenant explained by a double soul. The second soul stays in the dead body and sends it out to feed, typically as an owl. An Ottoman judge's report from Tarnovo in 1833 shows the belief acted on: two corpses were dug up, staked, scalded and finally burned. Its near-identity with the Slavic strzyga points to long exchange of undead lore between Turkic and Slavic neighbours.1

ኣዋግኦም
ፈለማ ዝተመዝገበሉ
1833
An Ottoman report of 1833 from Veliko Tarnovo, printed in the official gazette Takvim-i Vakayi, describes the staking and burning of two such corpses
መበቆል
Tatar and wider Turkic
ሩስያ, ቱርኪ, ቡልጋርያ
ጠንቁ እንታይ እዩ
ካልእ
A person born with two hearts and two souls: at death one soul departs and the other revives the body.
ብኸመይ ሓደ ካባታቶም ትኸውን
Being born with two souls; such people were expected to die young.
ከመይ ከም ዝንቀሳቐስ
ይጎዪ
Flies at night in the shape of an owl and attacks travellers.
ብልሒ
ገለ ብልሒ
ድኹም ነጥብታት
  • beheading the corpse and burying the head apart from the body
  • burial face down with a sickle round the neck
  • burning, when stakes and boiling water failed (1833 case)

መዓስ እዩ ፈለማ ዝተራእየ?

An Ottoman report of 1833 from Veliko Tarnovo, printed in the official gazette Takvim-i Vakayi, describes the staking and burning of two such corpses

ናይ መስክ መዘኻኸሪ

ምንጭታት እንታይ ይብሉ

1

Sucks blood and eats the entrails of its victims1

2

Can be held off for a while with animal blood1

3

A person found in the woods with torn nails and fresh soil and blood on the hands was taken for one and driven away1

4

In the 1833 case the exhumed bodies of two former Janissaries were said to have grown, with longer hair and nails1

5

The description matches the Polish strzyga almost point for point1

ጎይኻ ምደሓንካ ዶ?

ደረጃ ቅልጣፈ ካብቲ ምንጭታት ዝገልጽዎ (ይጎዪ) እዩ፣ መዐቀኒ ኣይኮነን።

ንስኻ፣ ብእግሪ ክትከይድ ኣስታት 5 ኪሜ/ሰ
ንስኻ፣ ብቐስታ ክትጎዪ ኣስታት 10 ኪሜ/ሰ
ብሙሉእ ሓይሉ ዝጎዪ ብቑዕ ዓቢ ሰብ ኣስታት 24 ኪሜ/ሰ
Mhachkay ኣስታት 24 ኪሜ/ሰ
ቅልጡፍ ብሽክለታ ዝዝውር ኣስታት 37 ኪሜ/ሰ

ምንጭታት

  1. Mhachkay - Wikipedia

ኣብዚ ገጽ ዘሎ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ሓቂ ካብዞም ምንጭታት እዩ፣ ብናትና ቃላት ዝተጻሕፈ። ጌጋ ረኺብካ? ኣብ [email protected] ንገረና።

ንጭፍራ ኣብልዕ። ማስታወቅያ የለን፣ መከታተሊ የለን፣ ብሓደ ሰብ ዝኽፈል። ውህብቶ ኣብ መስመር የጽንሖ።ውህብቶ ግደፍ

ካብ ተመሳሳሊ ምድሪ ዝመጸ ኣፈታሪኽ

ተመሳሳሊ ዘመን: 1500 ክሳብ 1899

ንጭፍራ ኣብልዕውህብቶ ግደፍ