Snallygaster
Ringkasan
Snallygaster adalah makhluk campuran burung dan reptil dari cerita rakyat imigran Jerman di Frederick County, Maryland.
The snallygaster is a bird-reptile chimera from the folklore of German immigrants in Frederick County, Maryland.
Kisah dan tradisi
Snallygaster adalah makhluk campuran burung dan reptil dari cerita rakyat imigran Jerman di Frederick County, Maryland. Kisah awal menyebutnya Schneller Geist, "hantu cepat". Ia berparuh logam bergigi tajam dan menukik dari langit untuk membawa korbannya. Legendanya dihidupkan lagi oleh surat kabar pada awal abad ke-20. Laporan tentang snallygaster sudah ada sejak 1730-an, dan catatan abad ke-18 para pemukim Jerman menyebutnya Schneller Geist atau hantu cepat yang menerkam mangsanya dengan cepat. Kisah-kisah paling awal menyebut ia menghisap darah korban dan konon bertentakel seperti gurita. Bintang bersudut tujuh yang masih terlihat di lumbung setempat dipercaya menjaganya tetap jauh. Surat kabar sepanjang Februari dan Maret 1909 melaporkan perjumpaan dengan binatang bersayap sangat besar, berparuh panjang, bercakar seperti kait baja, dan bermata satu di dahi. Belakangan terungkap laporan itu bagian dari tipuan untuk menaikkan jumlah pembaca. Penampakan awal dikaitkan dengan South Mountain, Braddock Heights, dan Middletown Valley. Pada Desember 1932 sebuah surat kabar memberitakan kematiannya di alat penyulingan minuman keras ilegal.
The snallygaster is a bird-reptile chimera from the folklore of German immigrants in Frederick County, Maryland. Early accounts call it Schneller Geist, "quick ghost". It has a metallic, sharp-toothed beak and swoops from the sky to carry off victims. Newspapers revived its legend in the early 20th century. Reports of the snallygaster go back to the 1730s, and eighteenth-century accounts by German settlers call it a Schneller Geist, a quick ghost that rapidly pounced on its prey. The earliest stories say it sucked the blood of its victims and was said to have octopus-like tentacles. Seven-pointed stars still seen on local barns were believed to keep it away. Newspapers throughout February and March 1909 reported encounters with a beast with enormous wings, a long bill, claws like steel hooks and one eye in its forehead. The reports were later exposed as a hoax meant to boost readership. Early sightings were associated with South Mountain, Braddock Heights and the Middletown Valley. In December 1932 a newspaper reported its death at a moonshine still.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Amerika Serikat
- Kawasan / Region
- Amerika Utara Pribumi
- Era
- reported since the 1730s
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Hybrid
- Habitat
- Sky
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Terbang, Menghisap darah
Nama lain / Alternate names
Schneller Geist