Imp
Ringkasan
Imp adalah makhluk mitologi Eropa yang mirip peri atau iblis, biasanya kecil, lincah, dan lebih usil daripada berbahaya.
In European myth the imp is a small, lively being, akin to a fairy or a demon, that is more of a nuisance than a real danger.
Kisah dan tradisi
Imp adalah makhluk mitologi Eropa (European) yang mirip peri atau iblis, sering digambarkan dalam cerita rakyat dan takhayul. Imp biasanya digambarkan merepotkan dan usil, bukan ancaman serius, dan dianggap makhluk rendahan; para pengiring Iblis kadang disebut imp. Mereka biasanya lincah dan bertubuh kecil. Berbeda dengan cerita rakyat Kristen, iblis dalam legenda Jermanik tidak selalu jahat, dan imp sering lebih usil daripada berbahaya; dalam sebagian kepercayaan mereka pelayan para dewa. Kata benda impa dalam bahasa Inggris Kuno berarti tunas muda tanaman, kemudian keturunan keluarga bangsawan atau anak; sejak abad ke-16 dipakai dalam ungkapan seperti "imp of hell" dan "imp of the devil", dan pada abad ke-17 berarti iblis kecil, familiar seorang penyihir. Legenda Lincolnshire dari abad ke-14 mengisahkan Iblis yang kesal dengan selesainya katedral Lincoln datang bersama dua imp yang merusak gedung itu; seorang malaikat menyuruh mereka berhenti, dan imp yang melempar batu kepadanya seketika membatu. Lincoln Imp kini menjadi simbol kota itu.
Folklore and superstition often speak of the imp, a being somewhere between a fairy and a demon. Imps are usually troublesome and mischievous rather than seriously dangerous, and are counted as lesser beings; the devil's attendants are sometimes called imps. They are usually lively and small. Unlike in Christian folklore, demons in Germanic legend were not always evil, and imps were often mischievous rather than harmful; in some religions they served the gods. The Old English noun impa meant a young shoot of a plant, later the scion of a noble house or a child; from the 16th century it appears in phrases like "imp of hell" and "imp of the devil", and by the 17th century it meant a small demon, a witch's familiar. A 14th-century Lincolnshire legend tells how the devil, vexed at the finished Lincoln Cathedral, came with two imps who wrecked the building; an angel ordered them to stop, and the imp that threw a stone at it was turned to stone on the spot. The Lincoln Imp is now a symbol of the city.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Inggris
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Negara / Country
- GB
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Demon
- Habitat
- Dwelling
Nama lain / Alternate names
impa, ympe
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Menurut legenda abad ke-14, salah satu imp yang merusak Katedral Lincoln membatu ketika melempar batu kepada seorang malaikat.
By a 14th-century legend, one of the imps wrecking Lincoln Cathedral was turned to stone when it threw a rock at an angel.