Vitunusi (Nixies)

Kitunusi (Nixie)
Vitunusi (Nixies)

Vitunusi ni vizimwi vya maji vinavyobadilisha umbo ambavyo kwa kawaida hutokea kuwa na umbo la binadamu. Kitunusi kimetokea katika visasili na hekaya mbalimbali za duniani kote. Kitunusi cha Kiingereza ni aina ya joka wa bahari. Kitunusi cha Kijerumani kina mwili wa chini wa samaki, kama wa nguva. Kitunusi cha Kiskandinavia huwa kizimwi cha maji cha kiume ambacho hucheza nyimbo zilizorogwa kwa fidla na kushawishi wanawake na watoto wazame katika maziwa au vijito. Vitunusi vya Kiswahili hutafuta damu ya binadamu na baada ya kunyonya damu kutoka kwa waathiriwa wao, huwazamisha katika majini. Viumbe hivi wanafanana na sireni wa mitholojia ya Kigiriki.

 

Nixies are shape-shifting water sprites that usually appear having the shape of a human. The nixie has appeared in various myths and legends around the world. The English nixie is a type of sea serpent. The German nixie has the lower body of a fish, like that of a mermaid. The Scandinavian nixie is a male water sprite that plays enchanted songs on the violin to lure women and children to drown in lakes and streams. Swahili nixies seek human blood and after draining the blood from their victims, they drown them in the water. These creatures resemble the sirens of Greek mythology. 

 

kisasili (myth)

joka wa bahari (sea serpent)

samaki (fish)

iliyorogwa (enchanted)

fidla (violin)

kushawishi (to lure; to tempt)

kuzama (to sink)