[gothic-l] Re: Analysis/Reconstruction of *Biari

[jdm314 at AOL.COM]

Hmmm, perhaps we could use this to reconstruct the Gothic word for 
chupacabras, and add it to my list of monsters I used to post on Haloween ;)

IUSTEINUS


In a message dated 4/25/01 6:23:08 PM, you wrote:

<<Hails Mat aius!

That word "biari" made me think about a similar word in nordic 

believs.

In south Scandinavian tradition is the word 'biera'or 'bjära'. That 

means a creature that comes to the domesticised animals like cows and 

goats at nights, and drain them of power and milk. In islendic 

tradition it´s called 'tillbera', that could mean "carry-to". The 

myths are alike as far as I can understand. It´s usually a women, a 

whitch, who put sticks, cloths and threads together. She says a magic 

spell and the cloth comes to life and must work for here. It just 

have to fed time by time with milk. It when goes out to milk the 

neighbours and other peoples cows. It takes away luck from the other 

farms to give everything to hi´s owner. Maybe it was a way to explain 

why some peasants were lucky and some continued to have misfortune.

"They are draining us from good fortune", could have been said by 

many farmers about their neighbours 150-200 years ago. And in some 

cases old people would suspect a 'biera'.

>>


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