Karakura
Ringkasan
Karakura adalah roh jahat dalam mitologi Turki yang menindih orang tidur pada malam hari, mengirim mimpi buruk, dan mengganggu ibu yang baru melahirkan.
The karakura is a malevolent spirit of Turkish mythology that presses on sleepers at night, sends nightmares and torments new mothers.
Kisah dan tradisi
Karakura, di beberapa daerah disebut Karavura, adalah roh jahat dalam mitologi Turki yang menyerang korbannya pada malam hari. Ia dipercaya terutama di Anatolia Timur dan dianggap mengirim mimpi buruk serta tindihan malam. Ia konon terutama mengganggu ibu yang baru melahirkan dan mencoba mencekik mereka saat tidur; di daerah Erzurum dan Erzincan ia disamakan dengan albastı yang mencabut paru-paru perempuan setelah melahirkan. Sebagian legenda menggambarkannya berwujud manusia, yang lain sebagai hewan berkepala kambing sebesar kucing. Di sekitar Konya ia dianggap menindih dan mencekik orang, tetapi takut cahaya siang: saat matahari terbit ia tak bisa bergerak, dapat ditangkap, dan setelah dipaksa bersumpah bisa dijadikan budak. Anak-anak ditakut-takuti dengannya.
The karakura, called Karavura in some regions, is a malevolent spirit of Turkish mythology that attacks its victims at night. Believed in mainly in Eastern Anatolia, it is thought to send nightmares and night-pressings. It is said chiefly to torment new mothers, trying to strangle them in their sleep; in the Erzurum and Erzincan region it is likened to the albastı, which tears out the lungs of women after childbirth. Some legends give it human form, others make it a goat-headed animal the size of a cat. Around Konya it is thought to settle on people and strangle them, but it fears daylight: at sunrise it cannot move, can be caught, and after being made to swear an oath can be used as a slave. Children are frightened with it.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Turkik
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Tengah & Dunia Turkik
- Negara / Country
- Turkey
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Spirit
- Habitat
- Dwelling
Nama lain / Alternate names
Karavura
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Karakura yang tertangkap saat matahari terbit konon bisa dipaksa bersumpah dan dijadikan budak.
A karakura caught at sunrise could supposedly be made to swear an oath and used as a slave.