Grabofç (two-headed weeping serpent)

Grabofç / Grabofci

Elsie Grabofç: N Alps two-headed weeping lure serpent.

Description

Two-headed lure serpent of the northern Alps. Elsie 2001 s.v. Grabofç: monstrous two-headed serpent, Alb. grabofç / grabofci, also grabohg / grabohgi; hides one head and sheds tears with the other to entice a potential victim into approaching. Distinct lure tactic from the mountain/drought Kulshedra cycle.

Features

  • two heads; hide one and weep with the other to lure victims (Elsie)

Lead story

In the northern Alps a two-headed serpent weeps with one face while the other stays hidden — Grabofç. The tears are bait. Elsie keeps the trick. Kulshedra keeps her storm and many heads of drought; this one hunts by pity.

Aliases

Grabofç · Grabofci · Grabohg · Grabohgi

Region

Northern Albanian Alps

Relations

Linked stories

  • Elsie Grabofç is the northern Alps two-headed serpent that hides one head and weeps with the other to lure. Kulshedra remains the storm/drought dragon axis. Soft overlap field only.