Underwater panther Underwater panther (Mishipeshu)
Ringkasan
Underwater panther atau Mishipeshu ("Lynx Besar") adalah makhluk air mitos terpenting bagi bangsa Anishinaabeg dan tetangganya di Great Lakes. Ia lebih sering dipandang jahat dan perlu ditenangkan, tetapi sebagian tradisi meyakininya juga melindungi.
The underwater panther or Mishipeshu ("the Great Lynx") is a key mythical water being of the Anishinaabeg and neighbours around the Great Lakes. It was more often seen as malevolent and in need of placating, though some traditions held it could also protect.
Kisah dan tradisi
Underwater panther adalah salah satu makhluk air mitos terpenting di wilayah Great Lakes, terutama bagi Anishinaabeg. Namanya, Mishipeshu, berarti "Lynx Besar"; ia berkepala dan bercakar kucing raksasa, bersisik, dan berduri di punggung serta ekornya. Ia tinggal di Pulau Michipicoten, Danau Superior, dan bagi orang Algonquin adalah makhluk dunia bawah yang paling kuat. Kamus Ojibwe mengartikan kata mishibizhii sebagai singa atau panter dan sebagai underwater panther. Menurut kepercayaan itu, Mishipeshu hidup di bagian terdalam danau dan sungai, tempat ia dapat menimbulkan badai, jeram, dan arus, menenggelamkan kano, dan menewaskan orang, sering anak-anak. Ia juga dikenal sebagai penjaga tembaga di Danau Superior dan wilayah Great Lakes, dan manito air ini memberi hadiah tembaga. Ia dipandang berseberangan dengan thunderbird, penguasa kekuatan udara, dalam konflik abadi namun saling melengkapi. Sebagian tradisi meyakini underwater panther dapat menjadi makhluk penolong dan pelindung: ia dipercaya melindungi dan memberi makan orang yang jatuh menembus es, dan memberi kekuatan penyembuhan kepada dukun yang menerima perlindungannya. Namun lebih sering ia dipandang sebagai binatang jahat yang membawa kematian dan kemalangan dan perlu ditenangkan. Mengambil tembaga sangat tabu, terlebih dari Pulau Michipicoten, dan hingga tahun 1950-an Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians masih menggelar upacara untuk menenangkannya.
The underwater panther is a leading mythical water being of the Great Lakes region, especially for the Anishinaabeg. Its name, Mishipeshu, means "the Great Lynx"; it has a giant cat's head and paws, scales, and spikes down its back and tail. It lives on Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior, and for the Algonquins it ranked as the strongest underworld being. An Ojibwe dictionary glosses the word mishibizhii as a lion or panther and as an underwater panther. In these beliefs, Mishipeshu lives in the deepest parts of lakes and rivers, where it can stir up storms, rapids and currents, sink canoes and drown people, often children. It is also known as the keeper of the copper of Lake Superior and the Great Lakes region, and this water manito made gifts of copper. It is seen as opposed to the thunderbirds, masters of the powers of the air, in an eternal yet complementary conflict. Some traditions held the underwater panther to be a helpful, protective being: it was believed to shelter and feed those who fell through the ice, and to give medicinal power to shamans who accepted its guardianship. Yet more often it was viewed as a malevolent beast bringing death and misfortune, in need of placating. Taking copper was highly taboo, above all from Michipicoten Island, and as late as the 1950s the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians held a ceremony to calm it.
Konteks budaya
Mengambil tembaga dari wilayah itu sangat tabu bagi bangsa Ojibwe, terlebih dari rumah Mishipeshu di Pulau Michipicoten.
Taking copper from the region was extremely taboo for the Ojibwe, above all from Mishipeshu's home on Michipicoten Island.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Ojibwe
- Kawasan / Region
- Amerika Utara Pribumi
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Aquatic
- Habitat
- Water
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Menimbulkan badai, jeram, dan arus, Memberi kekuatan penyembuhan dan tembaga
Nama lain / Alternate names
Mishipeshu, Mishibizhiw, Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Hingga tahun 1950-an, Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians masih melakukan upacara tradisional untuk menenangkan Underwater Panther dan menjaga keseimbangan dengan Thunderbird.
The Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians was still holding a traditional ceremony in the 1950s to calm the Underwater Panther and keep the balance with the Thunderbird.