ЧТО ОЗНАЧАЕТ СЛОВО IMPUNDULU
Молниеносная птица
Молниеносная птица или импундулу или thekwane является мифологическим существом в фольклоре племен Южной Африки, включая Pondo, Zulu и Xhosa. Импундулу принимает форму черно-белой птицы, размером с человека, которая, как говорят, вызывает гром и молнию своими крыльями и когтями. Это вампирическое существо, связанное с колдовством, часто слуга или знакомый ведьмы или ведьмы, который атакует врагов ведьмы. Говорят, что у него ненасытный аппетит к крови. Иногда он принимает форму красивого молодого человека, который соблазняет женщин.
Значение слова impundulu в словаре английский языка
Определение impundulu в словаре - это мифическая птица, связанная с колдовством, часто проявляемая как птица-секретарь.
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When not in bird form, the Impundulu transforms into a man or woman of great
beauty and unnatural charisma who seduces humans and feasts on their blood.
Its appetite for hot blood is unquenchable, and if the witch did not exert control
over ...
Jonathan Maberry, David F. Kramer,
2009
The impundulu himself and the witch or witch doctor he serves. The second could
be either male or female. We need to generate two sets of motives—one for each
unsub. And we'll needtoproduce two profilesas well.” The chief nodded.
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Sorcery and Sovereignty: Taxation, Power, and Rebellion in ...
Anthropologist Monica Wilson in the 1930s wrote that “lightning is said to be a
bird impundulu; forked lightning is its droppings, and thunder the beating of its
wings”; and the bird was surprisingly American in its coloration: “The impundulu
has ...
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Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That ...
Frightmaster Jonathan Maberry presents the creatures of our worst nightmares - ancient monstrosities from folklore and myth and recent atrocities torn from modern headlines.
... blood or spirits of the living you would find that vampiric creatures exist in every
country on Earth. Here are just a few from around the globe... IMPUNDULU. – the
Impundulu, or 'lightning bird', is known amongst the Pondo, the Zulu and the ...
Her mind went back to the Impundulu theory. Was the story fact or fiction, she
wondered. She recalled the last crime scene—the lack of prints at the scene,
could the murders possibly be the work of the Impundulu? Duski had heard
stories from ...
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Vampire Legends and Myths
... to them a deadly disease known as malaria. In the eastern Cape region, a
creature known as the impundulu figures largely in the myths and beliefs of
southern African tribes, such as the Xhosa and Zulu. The word means “lightning
bird,” and ...
Roxanne Hellman, Derek Hall,
2011
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From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International since the ...
This mindset also explains whyAfricans referred to the poll tax as impundulu, the
common term for the destructive lightning storms that regularly killed people and
livestock and burned homes. Tellingly, an alternate name for the poll tax was ...
Michael O. West, William G. Martin, Fanon Che Wilkins,
2009
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"TB is not an easy thing": focused discussions on the stigma ...
According to one participant in this group there are still people in the rural areas
who believe in the impundulu and would prefer to use traditional medicine. When
asked what the impundulu looked like, the respondents explained that you ...
Valerie Møller, Ida Erstad, Dalindyebo Zani,
2006
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African Mythology, A to Z
According to the Xhosa of South Africa, lightning was a bird—Impundulu or
Intakezulu—the “bird of heaven.” When Impundulu beat its wings, thunder roared.
Impundulu was regarded as the Supreme God's servant of death and was greatly
...
Patricia Ann Lynch, Jeremy Roberts,
2010