English Explanatory Dictionary

kushtaka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mythical part-otter, part-human shapeshifter, in Tlingit and Tsimshian folklore, sometimes represented as tricksters and at other times as helpful beings who save (and turn) drowning victims.

Word forms

kushtaka kushtakas

Etymology

From Tlingit kóoshdaakaa (“land-otter man”).

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