Stolems
Ringkasan
Stolem adalah raksasa dalam legenda Kashubia yang dahulu menghuni tanah Kashubia dan dipercaya membentuk bukit, tanjung, serta batu-batu besar di sana.
The stolems are giants of Kashubian legend who once lived in Kashubia and are believed to have shaped its hills, spits and great boulders.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam legenda Kashubia, stolem adalah raksasa yang berabad-abad lalu menghuni tanah Kashubia. Mereka seperti manusia tetapi begitu besar hingga kepala mereka melampaui pohon pinus tertinggi, dan kekuatan mereka konon berasal dari daging dan susu kuda. Mereka punya keluarga biasa, gemar memamerkan kekuatan, dan banyak batu besar dianggap sisa lemparan mereka saat bertarung. Stolem dianggap membentuk bentang alam Kashubia, menciptakan bukit, tanjung di danau, dan beting di laut. Menurut satu legenda yang dikutip Józef Ceynowa, mereka dihukum para dewa karena kejahatan dan diubah menjadi lingkaran batu, sementara dalam kisah lain Ceynowa mereka justru makhluk baik yang menolong manusia. Lama-kelamaan mereka punah. Penulis Kashubia seperti Aleksander Majkowski menjadikan stolem simbol kejayaan lama Pomerania Kashubia.
In Kashubian legend the stolems are giants who centuries ago lived in Kashubia. They were like people but so huge that their heads rose above the tallest pines, and their strength was said to come from horse meat and horse milk. They had ordinary families, loved to show off their strength, and many great boulders are held to be stones they threw in their fights. The stolems are credited with shaping the Kashubian landscape, creating hills, lake spits and sandbanks. In one legend quoted by Józef Ceynowa they were punished by the gods for their wickedness and turned into stone circles, while in another of Ceynowa's tales they are good beings who helped people. In time they died out. Kashubian writers such as Aleksander Majkowski made the stolem a symbol of the former might of Kashubian Pomerania.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Polandia
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Giant
Nama lain / Alternate names
Stolemë, Stolemy
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Kekuatan stolem konon berasal dari daging dan susu kuda.
The stolems' strength was said to come from horse meat and horse milk.