kushtaka

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mythical part-otter, part-human shapeshifter, in Tlingit and Tsimshian folklore, sometimes represented as tricksters and at other times as helpful beings who save (and turn) drowning victims.
    — Written by a non-native scholar, this book contains nine Tlingit and Haida tales concerned with shamans and kushtakas. Land otters were fearful hybrid beings of the spirit world. Able to live on land and in water, they had the special mission of ...

词形变化

kushtaka plural kushtakas plural

词源

From Tlingit kóoshdaakaa (“land-otter man”).
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