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Ifayela No. 437 kwangu-446

Skadegamutc

Ibuye libizwe: ghost-witch, skudakumooch, skite'kmuj
Amasiko nezinganekwaneAbangafiUbuthakathi

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

Lwa nayo
Imvelaphi
Wabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)
I-USA, I-Canada
Okuyibangela
Ubuthakathi
An evil magician's power keeps the corpse active after death.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
An evil shaman dies and refuses to stay dead.
Ubuhlakani
Ohlakaniphile
Izindawo ezibuthaka
  • fire, the only thing that destroys it permanently
amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo 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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Amasiko avela emazweni afanayo

TupilaqGreenlandic InuitHooh-Strah-DoohWyandot (Huron)

Okufana nalokhu

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