Talk:Jumbee
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Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! JubalHarshaw 19:41, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
We need more help with this... Jumbee tales are few and far George the Hippy 02:32, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Abiku? Never heard that one before... And i always thought that a moon gazer ate people. George the Hippy 20:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- Oh my, these are hillarious, especially the vampire that counts rice! There doesn't seem to be much Indian influence here though, unless I'm missing something these stories would seem to be fairly consistantly African in origin. Someone must have more. --JamesTheNumberless 17:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hilarious? How about TERRIFYING. All the old Guyanese people have more, but get the stories out of em. I don't know about the indian influences... haven't seen many. The natives have lots of stories, such as the BACKOO. It's not a stupid abiku. I'll have to look for more stories... 65.93.221.222 22:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
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- No I still say hillarious :) Old Guyanese people are a bit thin on the ground around here, especially since my Guyanese Grandparents died. They were not really the storytelling type. I suppose they're scary for kids but the rice counting vampire has a definite comic aspect. --JamesTheNumberless 15:54, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
- (same guy as 65.93.221.222, and George the Hippy... too lazy to login) Perhaps the ole-hag is kinda funny. But not that moon-gazer! Suck out your brain through his palm? What madness is this!? My grandma saw a backoo... in the outback, at her family's ranch. Scary stuff. I haven't got any stories out of her though, I had a book. Didn't cite it though... alas!
- No I still say hillarious :) Old Guyanese people are a bit thin on the ground around here, especially since my Guyanese Grandparents died. They were not really the storytelling type. I suppose they're scary for kids but the rice counting vampire has a definite comic aspect. --JamesTheNumberless 15:54, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
