Amwenye Achimereka amati Mapiri a Pryor ndi kwawo kwa anthu achinsinsi (onga ngati hobbit)!

Nkhani zachilendo za anthu zazing'ono zanenedwa m'miyambo yosiyanasiyana m'mbiri yonse, kuphatikiza ku Ireland, New Zealand, ndi Native America. Ndi zoona zochuluka bwanji zobisika m'nkhani izi? Kodi timadziwa zochuluka motani?

Chikhulupiriro chokhala ndi 'anthu ang'ono' sichimangokhala kudera lina lapadziko lapansi. Timamva nkhani zochititsa chidwi za anthu ang'onoang'ono ovuta omwe akhala pakati pathu kumayiko onse kwa nthawi yayitali monga aliyense angakumbukire.

Anthu aang'ono
Msika wa Little People, Buku la Zithunzi la Arthur Rackham (1913). © Chithunzi Pazithunzi: National Library of France

'Anthu aang'ono' awa nthawi zambiri amakhala onyenga, ndipo amatha kukhala amwano akakumana ndi anthu. Amatha kukhala ngati owongolera ndikuthandizira anthu kupeza njira pamoyo wawo. Nthawi zambiri amafotokozedwa kuti “Amphongo achimaso aubweya” m'nkhani, zithunzi za petroglyph zimawonetsa iwo ali ndi nyanga pamutu pawo ndikuyenda pagulu la 5 mpaka 7 pa bwato.

Mitundu yambiri ya Amwenye Achimereka ali ndi nthano zosangalatsa za mtundu wodabwitsa wotchedwa 'anthu ang'ono'. Tinyama tating'onoting'ono tomwe timakonda kukhala m'mapiri, mapiri, mapiri amchenga ndipo nthawi zina pafupi ndi miyala yomwe ili m'mbali mwa madzi ambiri, monga Nyanja Yaikulu. Makamaka m'malo omwe anthu sangawapeze.

Malinga ndi nthano, 'anthu ang'onoang'ono' awa ndi tinthu tating'onoting'ono tating'ono tokhala kukula kuyambira mainchesi 20 mpaka mamita atatu kutalika. Mitundu ina Yachikhalidwe idawatchula kuti "odyera anthu ochepa," pomwe ena amaganiza kuti ndi asing'anga, mizimu, kapena nthano zofananira ndi ma fairies ndi leprechauns.

Wolemba leprechaun ndi kamatsenga pang'ono mu zikhalidwe zaku Ireland, omwe amadziwika kuti ndi nthano yosungulumwa ndi ena. Amayimilidwa ngati amuna amtundu wa ndevu atavala malaya ndi kapu omwe amachita zoipa.

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Achimereka Achimereka "Anthu Achichepere" Ochokera ku Nkhani A Iroquois Auzeni Ana Awo ndi Mabel Powers, 1917. © Image Mawu: Wikimedia Commons

Mwambo wa 'anthu ang'onoang'ono' unkadziwika kwambiri pakati pa anthu amtundu wathu, kalekale asanafike ku Europe omwe adafika ku North America. Malinga ndi Amwenye achi Shoshone aku Wyoming, a Nimerigar anali anthu ang'onoang'ono achiwawa omwe ayenera kupewa chifukwa cha nkhanza zawo.

Lingaliro limodzi lotchuka ndiloti anthu ang'onoang'ono amapanga zosokoneza kuti ayambitse mavuto. Ena amawaona ngati milungu. Mtundu wina wa Amwenye Achimereka ku North America ankaganiza kuti ankakhala m'mapanga oyandikana nawo. Mapanga sanalowemo chifukwa choopa kusokoneza anthu ang'onoang'ono.

Cherokee kumbukirani Yunwi-Tsunsdi, mtundu wa Anthu Achichepere omwe nthawi zambiri samawoneka koma nthawi zina amawonekera kwa anthu. A Yunwi-Tsunsdi akuganiza kuti ali ndi kuthekera kwamatsenga, ndipo atha kuthandiza kapena kuvulaza anthu kutengera momwe timawachitira.

Amwenye a Catawba aku South Carolina ali ndi nthano zonena za mizimu yomwe imawunikira miyambo yawo komanso Chikhristu. Amwenye a Catawba amakhulupirira kuti a Yehasuri ("Anthu ang'onoang'ono olusa") amakhala nkhalango.

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Yehasuri - anthu ang'onoang'ono amtchire. © Chithunzi Pazithunzi: DIBAAJIMOWIN

Nkhani mkati mwa nkhani Nkhani ya a Pukwudgies, okhala ndi nkhope yaimvi okhala ndi makutu akulu, abwerezedwa kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa United States, kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Canada, ndi dera la Great Lakes.

Amwenye a Crow akuti mtundu wa 'anthu ang'ono' amakhala m'mapiri a Pryor, dera lamapiri m'matauni a Montana a Carbon ndi Big Horn. Mapiri a Pryor amapezeka pa Crow Indian Reservation, ndipo Amwenyewo amati 'anthu ang'onoang'ono' adalemba zolemba za petroglyphs zomwe zidapezeka pamiyala yamapiri.

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Kuyang'ana Mapiri a Pryor kuchokera ku Deaver, Wyoming. © Chithunzi Pazithunzi: Betty Jo Tindle

Mitundu ina ya Amwenye Achimereka imakhulupirira kuti mapiri a Pryor amakhalanso ndi 'anthu ang'onoang'ono'. A Lewis ndi Clark Expedition adanenanso kuti tawonani tating'onoting'ono tating'ono tating'ono ta Mtsinje Woyera wa Amwenye (womwe ndi Vermillion River) mu 1804.

"Mtsinje uwu ndi wa pafupifupi mayadi 30 mulifupi ndipo umadutsa chigwa kapena udzu wonsewo," Lewis adalemba muzolemba zake. Phiri lalikulu lokhala ndi mawonekedwe a conic lili m'chigwa chachikulu kumpoto kwa kamwa ka mtsinje uwu.

Malinga ndi mafuko ambiri amwenye, malowa akuti ndi kwawo kwa ziwanda. Ali ndi matupi ofanana ndi anthu, mitu yayikulu, ndipo amayimilira pafupifupi mainchesi 18. Iwo ndi atcheru ndipo ali ndi mivi yakuthwa yomwe imatha kupha kuchokera patali.

Amakhulupirira kuti apha aliyense amene angayese kuyandikira phirilo. Amati miyambo imawauza kuti anthu ang'onoang'ono awa avulaza Amwenye ambiri. Osati zaka zingapo zapitazo, amuna atatu a Omaha, pakati pa ena, adaperekedwa nsembe ku mkwiyo wawo wankhanza. Amwenye ena amakhulupirira kuti Mzimu Mound ndiwonso kwawo kwa Little People, mtundu wa zolengedwa zazing'ono zomwe zimakana kulola aliyense kuyandikira chitunda.

'Anthu ang'onoang'ono' ndi oyera kwa Amwenye a Crow, ndipo amadziwika kuti ndi omwe adapanga zomwe zidzachitike m'fuko lawo. Fuko la Khwangwala limawonetsa 'anthu ang'ono' ngati tinthu tating'onoting'ono tonga ziwanda zomwe zitha kupha nyama komanso anthu.

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Amwenye a Crow. © Chithunzi Pazithunzi: Wachimerika

Fuko la Crow, kumbali inayo, limanena kuti anthu ocheperako nthawi zina amatha kukhala ofanana ndi mizimu yomwe imakhalapo ndipo kuti izi zikachitika, amatha kupereka madalitso kapena malangizo auzimu kwa osankhidwa. 'Anthu ang'ono' ndi zolengedwa zopatulika zomwe zimalumikizidwa ndi mwambo wa Khwangwala wa Sun Dance, mwambo wofunika wachipembedzo wa Amwenye aku North Plains.

Nthano zakufa kwa anthu ang'onoang'ono zikupezeka m'malo osiyanasiyana kumadzulo kwa United States, makamaka Montana ndi Wyoming, zimafotokoza zotsalazo kuti zidapezeka m'mapanga, ndizambiri monga malongosoledwe omwe anali “Opangidwa mwangwiro,” kukula kwazithunzi, ndi zina zotero.

"Inde, mandawo, nthawi zambiri amapita nawo ku sukulu yakomweko kapena ku Smithsonian kuti akaphunzire, kungoti zitsanzo ndi zomwe apeza posachedwapa zatha," katswiri wofukula mabwinja Lawrence L. Loendorf analemba.

'Anthu ang'onoang'ono', kaya ankhanza kapena othandiza komanso ochezeka, owonekera kapena omwe sawoneka kawirikawiri, nthawi zonse amasiya anthu, ndipo anthu ambiri akadali otsimikiza kuti zinthu zazing'onozi sizikupezeka mdziko lenileni. Ngati titaziyang'ana pazakale komanso zasayansi, zitha kukhala zowona motani? Kodi ndizotheka kuti azikhala limodzi nafe?

Ngati tingayesere kupeza njira yovomerezeka (yakale komanso yasayansi) yakukhala ndi zizolowezi, titha kukhumudwa ndi izi pachilumba chaku Indonesia.

Zaka zingapo zapitazo, asayansi adalengeza kuti apeza mtundu watsopano wamunthu wocheperako yemwe mwina adalumikizana ndi makolo a anthu amakono. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wawo ndi zomwe apeza, anthu ocheperako amakhala pachilumba cha Flores ku Indonesia pafupifupi zaka 60,000 zapitazo, pambali pa komodo dragons, ma pygmy stegodon ndi mbewa zenizeni zazikulu zazikulu.

Chigaza cha H. floresiensis (Flores Man), wotchedwa 'Hobbit', ndi mtundu wa anthu aang'ono akale omwe amakhala pachilumba cha Flores, Indonesia. © Image Mawu: Dmitriy Moroz | Chilolezo kuchokera ku DreamsTime.com (Zosintha / Zogulitsa Zogulitsa Zogulitsa, ID: 227004112)
Chibade cha H. floresiensis (Flores Man), wotchedwa 'Hobbit', ndi mtundu wa anthu akale akale omwe amakhala pachilumba cha Flores, Indonesia. © Chithunzi Pazithunzi: Dmitriy Moroz | Chilolezo kuchokera ku MalotoTime.com (Mkonzi / Zogulitsa Gwiritsani Ntchito Chithunzi, ID: 227004112)

Anthu omwe atha tsopano - odziwika mwasayansi monga Homo floresiensis, ndipo otchuka monga ma hobbits - anali ochepera kutalika kwa 4 mapazi, ndi ubongo gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu kukula kwa anthu amoyo. Komabe, adapanga zida zamiyala, kuwapha nyama ndipo mwanjira inayake kuwoloka nyanja yayitali kuti alamulire nyumba yawo yotentha.

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Phanga la Liang Bua ku Indonesia komwe H. floresiensis mafupa adapezeka koyamba. © Chithunzi Pazithunzi: Rosino

Kupeza kumeneku kudadabwitsa akatswiri a chikhalidwe cha anthu padziko lonse lapansi - ndipo amafuna kuti awunikenso mwachangu nkhani yofananira pakusintha kwaumunthu. Kwa zaka zambiri, taphunzira zambiri za mawonekedwe, zikhalidwe ndi nthawi ya padziko lapansi. Koma hobbits chiyambi ndi tsogolo akadali chinsinsi.

Pali malo angapo pachilumba cha Flores pomwe ofufuza adapeza umboni wa H. floresiensis ' kukhalapo. Komabe, pakadali pano mafupa okhawo ochokera kutsamba la Liang Bua ndiomwe akunenedwa kuti ndi a H. floresiensis.

Mu 2016, ofufuza adapeza zakale ngati za hobbit pamalo a Mata Menge, pafupifupi ma 45 mamailosi kuchokera ku Liang Bua. Zomwe anapezazo zinali ndi zida zamiyala, chidutswa cha nsagwada m'munsi ndi mano ang'onoang'ono asanu ndi limodzi, a zaka pafupifupi 700,000 zapitazo - akulu kwambiri kuposa zakale za Liang Bua.

Ngakhale zotsalira za Mata Menge ndizochepa kwambiri kuti zitha kuzipereka ku mitundu yotayika ya H.

Patsamba lachitatu la Flores, ofufuza adapeza zida zamiyala zazaka 1 miliyoni, monga zida zaku Liang Bua ndi Mata Menge, koma palibe zotsalira zamunthu zomwe zidapezeka pamenepo. Ngati izi zidapangidwa ndi H. floresiensis kapena makolo ake, ndiye mzere wa hobbit wokhala ku Flores zaka 50,000 mpaka 1 miliyoni zapitazo, malinga ndi umboni. Poyerekeza, mitundu yathu yakhalapo kwa pafupifupi theka la miliyoni.