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Ifayile No. 437 kwa-446

Skadegamutc

Ikwabizwa ngokuba: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Iintsomi zemveli namabali amanduloIvuswe ekufeniUbugqwirha

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

Yiphose edabini
Imvelaphi
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
IMelika, IKhanada
Oko kuyibangelayo
Ubugqwirha
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Indlela umntu aba yiyo ngayo
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Ubukrelekrele
Ikrelekrele
Iindawo ezibuthathaka
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
amanqaku ophando

Oko kuthethwa yimithombo

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

Imithombo

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

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Iintsomi zemveli ezivela kumazwe afanayo

TupilaqGreenlandic InuitHooh-Strah-DoohWyandot (Huron)

Ezinye ezifana nale

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