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Skadegamutc

A tún ń pè é ní: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu àti àròsọÒkúOṣó

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

Bá a jà
Orírun
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
Amẹ́ríkà, Canada
Ohun tó fà á
Oṣó
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Bí o ṣe di ọ̀kan
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Làákàyè
Ọlọ́gbọ́n
Àwọn ibi tó lẹ̀
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
àkọsílẹ̀ pápá

Ohun tí àwọn orísun sọ

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

Àwọn orísun

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

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