Jawnomicon

Abere

Also called Abele, Obere.

Abere is a cannibal ogress of Melanesian, chiefly Papuan Gulf, tradition, said to command the reeds of a swamp as living snares that trap men before she drowns and eats them.

At a glance

Tradition
Melanesian mythology
Region
Melanesia (place of origin)
Trait family
The Still-Water Lurkers

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Traits

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Behaviour

  • Lies in wait in stagnant water
    why

    She is a bounded rather than a roaming threat: her identity is tied to a particular marsh, thick with reeds, that she is said to hold under her control.

  • Solitary and territorial by nature
    why

    She is a bounded rather than a roaming threat: her identity is tied to a particular marsh, thick with reeds, that she is said to hold under her control.

Curses

  • Drowning lure
    why

    Men who come into her reeds, generally fishermen or travelers crossing her stretch of marsh, are drawn or trapped by the reeds acting at her direction, then drowned and eaten.

Roles

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