Baykok
From Chippewa legends, Baykok is a skeletal warrior that flies. It shoots invisible arrows, paralyzing its victims before consuming their souls.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Native American folklore
- Trait family
- The Silent-Winged
- Symbols
- Bone
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Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- Bone is image-domain Bone denotes what endures when flesh decays, evidence of loss and of something that survives it, reassembled in shamanic rebirth and venerated as relic.
why
The Baykok's appearance is that of a gaunt, emaciated figure with skin stretched tightly over its bones, giving it a skeletal appearance.
Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Form
- Skeletal ghostly form
why
The Baykok's appearance is that of a gaunt, emaciated figure with skin stretched tightly over its bones, giving it a skeletal appearance.
- Emaciated skeletal hunger spirit
why
a gaunt, emaciated figure with skin stretched tightly over its bones
Behaviour
- Invisible arrows cause paralysis
why
The Baykok's most fearsome weapon is its ability to shoot invisible arrows. These ethereal projectiles are said to paralyze their victims, rendering them helpless as the Baykok approaches.
- Consumes victims soul or life force
why
Once immobilized, the Baykok consumes its victim's life force, leaving behind an empty shell.
Sight and sound
- Silent flight
why
Its eyes glow with an eerie, otherworldly light, and it possesses the ability to fly silently through the air, making it a terrifying predator.
- Glowing red eyes
why
Its eyes glow with an eerie, otherworldly light, and it possesses the ability to fly silently through the air, making it a terrifying predator.
Omens
- Unnatural silence precedes attack
why
Its presence is often heralded by an unnatural silence in the forest, as if nature itself holds its breath in fear.
Offensive powers
- Soul drain
why
Once immobilized, the Baykok consumes its victim's life force, leaving behind an empty shell.
Utility powers
- Silent flight
why
it possesses the ability to fly silently through the air, making it a terrifying predator.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Shadow carries both readings
1 citation
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Baykok."