Gulyabani
Ringkasan
Gulyabani adalah roh jahat pengubah wujud dalam kepercayaan orang Azerbaijan, Turki, Kirgiz, dan Tajik, yang tinggal di stepa atau pemakaman dan menakuti pengembara malam.
The gulyabani is a shapeshifting evil spirit in the beliefs of Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kyrgyz and Tajiks, living in steppes or cemeteries and frightening night travellers.
Kisah dan tradisi
Gulyabani adalah makhluk pengubah wujud, roh jahat rendahan dalam kepercayaan orang Azerbaijan, Turki, Kirgiz, dan Tajik. Namanya berasal dari kata Arab ghul ("monster-demon") dan kata Persia yaban ("padang gurun"). Dalam mitologi Azerbaijan ia digambarkan sebagai makhluk liar yang buas dan berbulu; padanannya, Quyux, muncul dalam gelap di padang dan pemakaman, berbulu kuning kemerahan, berbau busuk, dan sangat besar. Menurut mitos Turki, gulyabani adalah ghoul raksasa berjenggot panjang yang berkeliaran pada malam hari. Menurut orang Azerbaijan dan Turki, gulyabani tinggal di stepa, pemakaman, reruntuhan, atau bekas medan perang, dan suka menakut-nakuti pengembara malam. Pada malam hari ia menunggang kuda dan mengusutkan surainya. Bila ditangkap dan jarum ditancapkan di kerah pakaiannya, ia akan bekerja seperti budak, tetapi semua perintah dikerjakannya terbalik. Di Azerbaijan bagian barat ia sering disamakan dengan roh air yang merugikan. Di kalangan orang Kirgiz Pamir Timur dan Tajik, gulyabani (gulbiyaban) digambarkan sebagai makhluk besar mirip manusia, berbulu abu-abu atau hitam, berbau tak sedap, dan berkaki terbalik ke belakang, yang tinggal di tempat sunyi dan menghindari manusia. Dalam kisah-kisah yang dicatat etnograf Rozenfeld, ia menantang orang kuat bergulat; bila kalah, ia melarikan diri dan tak muncul lagi di hadapan lawannya. Artikel ru menyebut citranya berasal dari ghul tradisi Muslim dan bahwa rakyat juga menyebutnya jin.
The gulyabani is a shapeshifter, a lesser evil spirit in the beliefs of the Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kyrgyz and Tajiks. Its name comes from Arabic ghul ("monster-demon") and Persian yaban ("desert"). In Azerbaijani mythology it is a wild, predatory, hairy being; its counterpart Quyux appears in the dark in steppes and cemeteries, covered in yellowish-red hair, foul-smelling and very large. In Turkish myth the gulyabani is pictured as an enormous bearded ghoul that roams after dark. According to Azerbaijanis and Turks, the gulyabani lives in steppes, cemeteries, ruins or old battlefields and likes to frighten night travellers. At night it rides horses and tangles their manes. If caught and a needle stuck in the collar of its clothes, it will work like a slave, but carries out every order backwards. In western Azerbaijan it was often identified with a harmful water spirit. Among the Kyrgyz of the Eastern Pamir and the Tajiks, the gulyabani (gulbiyaban) is described as a large humanlike being with grey or black hair, a foul smell and backward-turned feet, living in deserted places and avoiding people. In tales recorded by the ethnographer Rozenfeld, it challenges strong men to wrestle; if beaten, it runs away and never appears to its opponent again. The ru article says its image goes back to the Muslim ghul and that people also called it a jinn.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Turkik
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Tengah & Dunia Turkik
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Shapeshifter
- Habitat
- Desert
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Menakut-nakuti pengembara, Menantang bergulat
Nama lain / Alternate names
Qulyabanı, Гульябани, gulbiyaban
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Gulyabani yang dijadikan budak konon mengerjakan semua perintah secara terbalik.
An enslaved gulyabani was said to carry out every order backwards.