Matlose

From The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume III: The Native Races. Vol. III. Myths and Languages. San Francisco: AL Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1883

Thanks to Kyle Mizokami for finding this story.

Matlose is a famous hob-goblin of the Nootkas; he is a very Caliban of spirits; his head is like the head of something that might have been man but is not; his uncouth bulk is horrid with black bristles, his monstrous teeth and nails are like the claws of a bear. Whoever hears his terrible voice falls like one smitten, and his curved claws rend a prey into morsels with a single stroke.

 

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