#brucha

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Bruch #Bruch #Bruchus #Bruchapl #Brucha #pl #MerryChristmas #happyholidays #happyxmas If the Hortus Sanitatis is to be believed, a young locust is far more dangerous than its adult counterparts. Referred to as a bruchus, it is an immature stage lasting until the animal can fly, and is distinguished by absent or undeveloped wings and a yellow color. As bruchi cannot fly, they remain in one place and gnaw fruiting plants down to the roots. The Epistil Ísu, the Irish version of the pseudo-epigraphic Sunday Letter, describes the Bruch (pluralized as Brucha) differently. Here as before, the bruch is separated from its adult, and both are used to punish people who disrespect Sundays. A bruch has iron bristles and fiery eyes. Swarms of brucha go into the vineyards of sinners and cut the branches, roll about in the fallen grapes to impale them on their spikes, and carry the fruit off into their lairs – much like Pliny’s hedgehogs, which doubtlessly inspired this account. Brucha apparently mature into locusts, which have iron wings that scythe wheat and make the ears fall. They too are avengers of Sunday. References Borsje, J. (1994) The Bruch in the Irish Version of the Sunday Letter. Ériu, v. XLV, pp. 83-98. Borsje, J. (1996) From Chaos to Enemy: Encounters with Monsters in Early Irish Texts. Brepols Publishers, Turnhout. Cuba, J. (1539) Le iardin de santé. Philippe le Noir, Paris.

[myth-lord]

Name: Brucha

Alternate Names: Iron Porcupine, Chagrin (related), Cagrino (related)

Mythology: Irish Folklore or Mythology

Size: Medium, about the size of a human

Environment: Wastelands, underground, forests, orchards

In Mythika: Cruel chimerae creatures that combine the features of porcupine and canine-horrors the Brucha was never an interesting creature until the Horseman of Famine came into being and turned it into a terror of the fields. Brucha’s iron quills are often covered with fruit, harvest or poultry as they role into food to destroy it so creatures starve to death. The Horseman of Famine releases the Brucha to terrorize his worst enemies. Being stung by their iron quills is a bad thing as gangrene, infections and rabies will often be the result if not cleaned or treated.      

Link: http://www.mythicalcreatureslist.com/mythical-creature/Brucha

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PreProduction (Fake it till you make it) - Episode 28: Zipporah considers reaching out to a Brucha (Witch) for help with NookiNook.

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