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The Bluatschink is an evil water spirit from Austria. The Bluatschink lives in the Tyrolean Lech valley, but some versions of the tale are also told in South Tyrol and Carinthia.
Etymology
The name of the beast is combined from the words "Bluat", meaning blood and "Schink", being thigh.
Places
The monster lives in the river Lech in Tyrol, Austria.
Description
The creature has a humanoid appearance with the upper part of the body and the head being either a black bears or a big black dogs.
Stories
The Bluatschink lives in the river Lech. It might attack people being careless at the banks of the river and is especially dangerous for children. The monster pulls its victims into the river and eats them, sometimes drinking their blood first.
References
- Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Alpenburg: Mythen und Sagen Tirols, mit einem einleitenden Vorwort von Ludwig Bechstein, Unveränderter Neudruck der Ausgabe Zürich, Meyer u. Zeller, 1857, Niederwalluf bei Wiesbaden 1971, Seite 58–60
- Leander Petzoldt: Kleines Lexikon der Dämonen und Elementargeister, 3. Auflage München 2003, Seite 44–45 ISBN 3-406-49451-X
- Ingo Schneider: Der Blutschink. Materialien zu einer ungeklärten Gestalt der Tiroler und Kärntner Volksüberlieferung, in: Leander Petzoldt und Siegfried de Rachewiltz (Hgg.), Der Dämon und sein Bild, Berichte und Referate des dritten und vierten Symposions zur Volkserzählung Brunnenburg/Südtirol 1986/87, (= Beiträge zur Europäischen Ethnologie und Folklore, Reihe B: Tagungsberichte und Materialien; Band 2), Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1989, Seite 65–83 ISBN 3-631-40609-6