Buschgroßmutter
Ringkasan
Buschgroßmutter ("nenek semak") adalah roh hutan perempuan tua dalam cerita rakyat Jerman, ibu dan pemimpin para Moosfräulein, yang membalas kebaikan dengan hadiah dan ejekan dengan penyakit.
The Buschgroßmutter ('shrub grandmother') is an aged female forest spirit of German folklore, mother and leader of the Moosfräulein, who rewards kindness with gifts and mockery with sickness.
Kisah dan tradisi
Buschgroßmutter adalah makhluk legenda Jerman yang terutama dikenal di Thüringen, Sachsen, Silesia, dan Bohemia, dengan nama daerah seperti Pusch-Grohla dan Buschmutter di Silesia serta Buschweibchen di Bohemia. Ia roh hutan yang tinggal di hutan terdalam dan hanya menampakkan diri kepada manusia sekali dalam seratus tahun: kecil, bungkuk, keriput, bermata melotot, berambut panjang seputih salju tetapi kusut dan berkutu, dengan tongkat bengkok dan kaki berlumut. Sifatnya mendua. Ia meminta orang menyisir atau mencari kutu di rambutnya, dan yang memenuhinya diberi gulungan benang yang tak habis atau daun yang kelak menjadi emas, meski kepalanya sedingin es. Siapa yang mengejeknya akan dihembus napasnya dan jatuh sakit, biasanya ruam kulit. Kabut yang naik dari pegunungan di musim semi dan gugur dianggap tanda ia sedang memasak. Menurut artikel bahasa Jerman, di tepi Saale ia dianggap nyonya dan ibu para Moosweiblein (Moosfräulein), yang berkeliling negeri bersamanya dengan kereta kecil pada malam-malam suci; ia juga dipakai untuk menakut-nakuti anak dan disamakan dengan Frau Holle atau Perchta. Para mitolog abad ke-19 menganggapnya ratu orang lumut, tetapi kini ia lebih dipandang sebagai setan hutan yang sederhana.
The Buschgroßmutter is a creature of German legend known chiefly in Thuringia, Saxony, Silesia and Bohemia, under regional names such as Pusch-Grohla and Buschmutter in Silesia and Buschweibchen in Bohemia. She is a forest spirit dwelling in the deepest woods who shows herself to people only once in a hundred years: small, stooped, wrinkled and staring, with long snow-white but tangled, lousy hair, a gnarled stick and moss-grown feet. Her nature is two-sided. She asks people to comb or delouse her hair, and those who do are given an endless clew of yarn or leaves that later turn to gold, though her head is as cold as ice. Whoever mocks her is breathed on and falls ill, usually with a rash. Fog rising from the mountains in spring and autumn is taken as a sign that she is cooking. According to the German article, by the Saale she is held to be the mistress and mother of the Moosweiblein (Moosfräulein), who roam the land with her in a little cart during the holy nights; she is also used to frighten children and equated with Frau Holle or Perchta. Nineteenth-century mythologists saw her as queen of the moss people, but she is now rather viewed as a primitive forest demon.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Jerman
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Spirit
- Habitat
- Forest
Nama lain / Alternate names
Pusch-Grohla, Buschmutter, Buschweibchen, Baschgrîs
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Siapa yang menyisir rambut Buschgroßmutter konon diberi daun hijau atau kuning yang kelak berubah menjadi emas, asalkan tidak dibuang.
Anyone who combed the Buschgroßmutter's hair was said to receive green or yellow leaves that would later turn to gold, as long as they were not thrown away.