Caboclo de agua Caboclo de Agua
Ringkasan
Caboclo de Agua adalah makhluk mitologi timur laut Brasil yang tinggal di dasar Sungai São Francisco dan menakut-nakuti nelayan.
The Caboclo de Agua is a mythological being of northeastern Brazil that lives at the bottom of the São Francisco River and frightens fishermen.
Kisah dan tradisi
Caboclo de Agua konon tinggal dalam gua emas di dasar Sungai São Francisco dan menakut-nakuti nelayan serta pelaut. Ia digambarkan sebagai raksasa berotot berkulit perunggu dengan satu mata besar, berjantung tak tembus peluru, dan dapat menyamar sebagai kuda. Ia mengosongkan jaring nelayan yang tidak disukainya dan memenuhi jaring yang disukainya, serta sering membalikkan perahu. Nelayan memasang figur "carrancas" di haluan dan melukis bintang di dasar perahu untuk mengusirnya. Dalam kamus folklornya, Cascudo menyebut Caboclo-d'Água sebagai makhluk fantastis di Sungai São Francisco yang berkuasa atas air dan ikan. Ia berpihak pada sahabat-sahabatnya tetapi memburu nelayan yang tidak disukainya dengan membalikkan kano. Nama lainnya Bicho-d'água, Rolão, Romão, dan Romãozinho. Cascudo mengutip dua gambaran yang berbeda: tubuh monster berproporsi raksasa luar biasa, dan tipe yang paling sering dilaporkan, yaitu pendek, tebal, berotot, berwarna tembaga, gesit, dan pemarah. Para pengayuh perahu di São Francisco mempersembahkan tembakau kepadanya, dan penyeberang yang menancapkan pisau di dasar kano konon tidak diserangnya.
The Caboclo de Agua is said to live in a golden grotto at the bottom of the São Francisco River, frightening fishermen and boatmen. It is described as a muscular giant with bronze skin and a single huge eye, with a bullet-proof heart, able to appear as a horse. It empties the nets of fishermen it dislikes and fills those of men it likes, and often capsizes boats. Fishermen mount "carrancas" figures on their bows and paint a star on the boat bottom to ward it off. In his folklore dictionary, Cascudo describes the Caboclo-d'Água as a fantastic creature of the São Francisco River with dominion over the waters and the fish. It favours its friends but pursues the fishermen it dislikes, overturning canoes. Its other names include Bicho-d'água, Rolão, Romão and Romãozinho. Cascudo quotes two different descriptions: a monstrous body with the proportions of an enormous giant, and the type most often reported, short, thick, muscular, copper-coloured, quick and ill-tempered. The boatmen of the São Francisco offer it tobacco, and a traveller who sticks a knife in the bottom of his canoe is said not to be attacked.
Konteks budaya
Cascudo mencatat bahwa para pengayuh perahu di São Francisco mempersembahkan tembakau kepada Caboclo-d'água.
Cascudo records that the boatmen of the São Francisco offer tobacco to the Caboclo-d'água.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Brasil
- Kawasan / Region
- Amerika Selatan
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Aquatic
- Habitat
- Water
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Menyamar sebagai hewan
Nama lain / Alternate names
Bicho-d'água, Rolão, Romão, Romãozinho
Makhluk terkait / Related beings
- Besta-fera (Bestial beast (Besta-fera))
- Boitatá
- Boiuna
- Caipora
- Capelobo
- Cuca
- Iara
- Mapinguari
- Minhocão