Boobrie
Ringkasan
Boobrie adalah makhluk pengubah wujud dalam mitologi Skotlandia yang menghuni danau di pantai barat, biasanya berwujud burung air raksasa mirip kormoran.
The boobrie is a shapeshifting being of Scottish myth inhabiting the lochs of the west coast, usually in the form of a giant water bird like a cormorant.
Kisah dan tradisi
Boobrie adalah makhluk mitologi pengubah wujud yang menghuni danau (loch) di pantai barat Skotlandia (Scotland). Ia biasanya tampak sebagai burung air raksasa mirip kormoran atau great northern diver, tetapi juga dapat menjelma menjadi makhluk mitos lain seperti banteng air. Umumnya jahat, boobrie memangsa ternak yang diangkut dengan kapal, terutama anak sapi, dan sangat gemar memakan berang-berang. Dalam wujud kuda air ia dapat berlari di atas permukaan danau seolah di tanah padat, dan pada musim panas kadang terlihat sebagai serangga besar yang mengisap darah kuda. Folklorist Campbell of Islay menduga gambaran boobrie berasal dari penampakan great auk, dan suaranya yang melenguh seperti banteng mungkin berasal dari panggilan burung bittern. Nama boobrie mungkin dari boibhre, "pemberi sapi"; leksikografer Edward Dwelly mencatat tarbh-boidhre sebagai "monster, iblis" dan "dewa yang mampu berubah menjadi banyak wujud". Menurut artikel fr, tubuhnya berbintik putih, ia mampu melenguh, dan cukup besar untuk melahap domba dan sapi; ia juga dikatakan wujud jelmaan Each Uisge.
The boobrie is a shape-changing mythological being of the lochs along Scotland's west coast. Its usual guise is an enormous waterbird, much like a cormorant or a great northern diver, yet it may also appear as other mythical beasts such as a water bull. Generally malicious, it preys on livestock carried on ships, calves above all, and is very fond of eating otters. As a water horse it can gallop over a loch as if on firm ground, and in summer it is now and then seen as a big insect sucking horses' blood. Folklorist Campbell of Islay suggested descriptions of the boobrie may come from sightings of the great auk, and its bull-like bellow may stem from the call of the bittern. The name may come from boibhre, 'cow giver'; the lexicographer Edward Dwelly glosses tarbh-boidhre as a monster or demon, a god able to take many shapes. According to the fr article its body is spotted with white, it can bellow, and it is big enough to devour sheep and cattle; it is also said to be a transformed shape of the Each Uisge.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Skotlandia
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Negara / Country
- GB
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Shapeshifter
- Habitat
- Water
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Berubah wujud
Nama lain / Alternate names
tarbh-boidhre
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Dalam wujud kuda air, boobrie dapat berlari di atas permukaan danau seolah di tanah padat.
As a water horse the boobrie can gallop across a loch as if on solid ground.
Makhluk terkait / Related beings
- Each-uisge
- Am Fear Liath Mòr
- Baobh-shìth
- Bean-nighe
- Beithir
- Binatang Pikt (Pictish Beast)
- Bogle
- Brownie (folklore) (Brownie)
- Cat-sìth