Negro-d'Água

Negro-d'Água
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Ringkasan

Negro-d'Água adalah makhluk sungai setengah amfibi yang membalikkan kano nelayan yang menolak memberinya ikan [akva-nigrulo-c01, akva-nigrulo-c02].

The Negro-d'Água is a half-amphibian river being that capsizes the canoes of fishermen who refuse it a fish [akva-nigrulo-c01, akva-nigrulo-c02].

Kisah dan tradisi

Negro-d'Água menghuni banyak sungai seperti Rio Tocantins dan Rio São Francisco. Ia muncul dengan tawa keras, bertangan dan berkaki seperti bebek, dan membalikkan kano nelayan yang menolak memberinya ikan. Wujudnya perpaduan manusia dan amfibi, bersirip dan bersisik. Sebagian nelayan melempar sebotol cachaça ke sungai agar perahunya aman. Câmara Cascudo menganggapnya turunan Ipupiara. Dalam kamus folklornya, Cascudo menyebut Negro-d'água di antara nama lain Caboclo-d'água dan mengutip José A. Teixeira. Menurut kutipan itu, ia mendiami tepi sungai-sungai di lembah Paraná, serba hitam, berkepala botak, bertangan dan berkaki bebek. Ia muncul di antara bebatuan pada senja atau malam berbulan purnama dan berusaha membalikkan kano; menembaknya sia-sia karena peluru memantul dari kulitnya yang berbulu. Cascudo juga menulis bahwa Ipupiara akan menurunkan Caboclo do Rio atau Negro do Rio yang membalikkan perahu.

The Negro-d'Água inhabits many rivers such as the Tocantins and São Francisco. It appears laughing loudly, with duck-like hands and feet, capsizing the canoes of fishermen who refuse it a fish. It is a fusion of man and amphibian, with fins and scales. Some fishermen throw a bottle of cachaça into the river to keep their boats safe. Câmara Cascudo considers it derived from the Ipupiara. In his folklore dictionary, Cascudo lists Negro-d'água among the other names of the Caboclo-d'água and quotes José A. Teixeira. According to that passage it inhabits the banks of rivers in the Paraná valley, is all black and bald-headed, with duck hands and feet. It appears among rocks at dusk or on moonlit nights and tries to overturn canoes; shooting at it is foolish because bullets strike its hairy hide. Cascudo also writes that the Ipupiara gives rise to the Caboclo do Rio or Negro do Rio, which overturns boats.

Konteks budaya

Nelayan melempar sebotol cachaça ke sungai agar perahunya tidak dibalikkan.

Fishermen throw cachaça into the river so their boats are not overturned.

Fakta utama

Budaya / Culture
Tradisi Brasil
Kawasan / Region
Amerika Selatan
Klasifikasi / Classification
Aquatic
Habitat
Water

Nama lain / Alternate names

Nego-d'Água, Akva nigrulo

Makhluk terkait / Related beings

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