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Skadegamutc

Gape e bidiwa: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Dinaane tsa setso le ditlhamaneBaswi ba ba tsogilengBoloi

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
Tshimologo
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
Amerika, Kanata
Se se e bakang
Boloi
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
O fetoga yone jang
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Botlhale
E botlhale
Bokoa
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
dikwalo tsa patlisiso

Se metswedi 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

Metswedi

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

Ntlha nngwe le nngwe mo tsebeng e e tswa mo metsweding e, e kwadilwe ka mafoko a rona. O bone phoso? Re bolelele kwa [email protected].

Fepa letshwititi. Ga go na dipapatso, ga go na dilatedi, e duelelwa ke motho a le mongwe. Madi a tebogo a e boloka e le mo inthaneteng.Tlogela madi a tebogo

Dinaane tsa setso go tswa mo mafatsheng a le mangwe

TupilaqGreenlandic InuitHooh-Strah-DoohWyandot (Huron)

Tse dingwe tse di tshwanang

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