Coblyn
Ringkasan
Coblyn adalah makhluk mitos mirip gnome yang konon menghuni tambang dan galian batu di Wales serta permukiman Welsh di Amerika.
The coblyn is a mythical gnome-like being said to haunt the mines and quarries of Wales and Welsh settlements in America.
Kisah dan tradisi
Coblyn (juga koblyn, jamak coblynau atau coblynod) adalah makhluk mitos mirip gnome yang konon menghuni tambang dan galian batu di Wales serta daerah permukiman Welsh di Amerika. Dalam British Goblins, Wirt Sikes menggambarkan coblynau sebagai peri ramah yang pendek, sangat jelek, sering berpakaian penambang dan membawa perkakas untuk meniru kerja para penambang dengan semangat tetapi sia-sia. Seperti Knocker dalam folklor Cornwall, mereka menuntun penambang ke urat bijih terkaya dengan bunyi ketukan; bila tidak dihormati mereka melempar batu yang biasanya tidak berbahaya, dan penambang menganggap mereka pembawa untung. Satu kisah menyebut anak-anak melihat lima belas atau enam belas coblynau berpakaian merah menari Morris di sebuah ladang di Bodfari. Kata Coblyn berkerabat dengan goblin dan tercatat dalam kamus bahasa Welsh dan Inggris karya William Salesbury tahun 1547.
The coblyn (also koblyn, plural coblynau or coblynod) is a mythical being rather like a gnome, believed to frequent mines and quarries in Wales and in places in America settled by the Welsh. In British Goblins Wirt Sikes depicts coblynau as friendly fairies, short and very ugly, often in miners' dress and carrying tools with which they copy the miners' labour eagerly but to no effect. Like the Knockers of Cornish lore, they guide miners to the richest veins of ore with their knocking, throw mostly harmless stones when slighted, and are counted good luck by miners. One account has children watching fifteen or sixteen red-clad coblynau Morris dancing in a field at Bodfari. The word Coblyn is akin to goblin and is listed in William Salesbury's 1547 Welsh-English dictionary.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Wales
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Negara / Country
- GB
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Fairy
- Habitat
- Cave
Nama lain / Alternate names
koblyn, coblynau, coblynod
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Anak-anak konon pernah melihat lima belas atau enam belas coblynau berpakaian merah menari Morris di Bodfari.
Children are said to have seen fifteen or sixteen red-clad coblynau Morris dancing at Bodfari.