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Skadegamutc

Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Léeb ak cosaanNéew yu dundaatLiggéeyu dëmm

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

Xeexal ko
Cosaan
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
Amerig, Kanadaa
Lan moo ko waral
Liggéeyu dëmm
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Naka ngay doone benn
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Xel
Am xel
Fi mu néewe doole
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
notu gëstu

Li sours yi wax

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

Sours yi

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

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