Kishi
Kishi (folklore)
Ringkasan
Kishi (jamak: makishi) adalah monster pemakan manusia dalam cerita rakyat orang Ambundu di Angola, digambarkan berkepala banyak dan berambut panjang kusut; sumber lain menyebutnya iblis bermuka dua.
The kishi (plural makishi) is a man-eating monster in the folklore of the Ambundu people of Angola, pictured with many heads and long tangled hair; another source calls it a two-faced demon.
Kisah dan tradisi
Kishi, dengan bentuk jamak makishi, adalah makhluk pemakan manusia yang tercatat dalam cerita rakyat orang Ambundu di Angola. Ia digambarkan berkepala banyak dengan rambut panjang kusut yang terurai menutupi wajah. Chatelain mencatat bentuk tunggal Di-kishi atau Kishi dan bentuk jamak Ma-kishi. Menurut satu legenda, seorang kepala kishi dapat menumbuhkan kembali kepalanya begitu dipenggal; Chatelain juga menyebut kemampuan menumbuhkan kepala lain itu. Dalam satu cerita, suami Di-kishi ingin istrinya melahirkan anak berkepala dua, tanda ia sendiri berkepala lebih dari satu. Makishi muncul dalam legenda Sudika-mbambi: ketika seorang anak desa pergi, monster kanibal ini menyerbu dan menjarah desa Kimanaueze serta membantai penduduknya. Werner menyamakan peran makishi dalam cerita rakyat dengan amazimu, para pemakan manusia dalam dongeng Bantu lain. Artikel kedua memberi gambaran berbeda: kishi adalah iblis bermuka dua dengan wajah lelaki tampan di depan dan wajah hiena di belakang. Wajah manusianya dipakai untuk berbicara dan memikat perempuan muda, yang lalu dimakan dengan wajah hiena bergigi tajam dan berahang sangat kuat. Kata kishi, nkishi, atau mukisi berarti roh dalam beberapa bahasa Bantu, dan Werner menduga nama ini berhubungan dengan kata Kongo nkishi.
The kishi, plural makishi, is a man-eating being found in the folklore of the Ambundu people in Angola. It is pictured with several heads and with long, matted hair hanging down over its face. Chatelain notes the singular forms Di-kishi or Kishi and the plural Ma-kishi. One legend tells of a kishi chief who could grow his head back as soon as it was cut off, and Chatelain also mentions this power of growing a new head. In one tale a Di-kishi husband wants his wife to bear him two-headed children, a sign that he himself has more than one head. Makishi feature in the legend of Sudika-mbambi: while a son of the village was away, these cannibal monsters fell upon Kimanaueze's village, plundered it and slaughtered its people. Werner sees the makishi filling the same role in folk-tales as the amazimu, the man-eaters of other Bantu stories. The second article paints a different picture: the kishi is a two-faced demon, with a handsome man's face in front and a hyena's face behind. The human face is used to talk and to lure young women, who are then devoured by the sharp-toothed hyena face with its unbreakable grip. The words kishi, nkishi or mukisi mean spirit in several Bantu languages, and Werner suggests the name may be linked to the Kongo word nkishi.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Bantu (kelompok)
- Kawasan / Region
- Afrika
- Negara / Country
- Angola
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Monster
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Menumbuhkan kembali kepala
Nama lain / Alternate names
Makishi, Di-kishi
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Artikel kedua menggambarkan kishi dengan wajah lelaki tampan di depan dan wajah hiena di belakang.
The second article describes the kishi with a handsome man's face in front and a hyena's face behind.