Karakoncolos
(Bulgaria, Turkey and Serbia)
The Karakoncolos is said to be a cross between a devil and a Sasquatch.
It likes to stand on street corners and ask riddles of passers-by. If their
answer does not include the word black, he would strike them down. I may be
approaching this with a more modern mind, but that doesn't sound like a trick
that would be hard to defeat.
In Serbian Christmas traditions, the Twelve Days of Christmas were known as
the "unbaptized days" and evil forces were thought to be more active at night
during these days so people stayed in at night. But that didn't stop
Karakoncolos! It would mimic the voice of a loved one or a small child to lure
people outside where it would put them in a trance so they would freeze to
death!
If it found you out at night, it would jump on your back and make you his
personal Uber until the rooster crowed and dawn broke. Can you imagine having
to carry this huge, hairy creature around all night and having to watch
whatever it got up to?
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I mean I think I would be fine being his Uber running around town!
ReplyDeleteIt would be an interesting night, that's for sure!
DeleteKinda like an evil Chewbacca
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