tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post5237935648742574581..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: The ChickcharneyPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-3396470406354989182015-10-09T05:15:23.727-07:002015-10-09T05:15:23.727-07:00I was totally unaware of the chickcharney and its ...I was totally unaware of the chickcharney and its origins or the Bahamian barn owl. The chickcharney creature seems to fall into the broad category of duppie or jumbie in Caribbean folklore.<br /><br />Interestingly in popular culture, the duppie is referenced in a film, High Wind in Jamaica (1965) a kind of Ransom of Red Chief plot line. This is where children are abducted by pirates, to their great horror (the pirates not the children, who enjoy the outing). In the film, the kids rotate the head of the ship’s figurehead backwards and the superstitious crew all proclaim it an evil duppie and are terrified by the omen. It shows some pretty good research on the part of the novelist Alexandar Mackendrich who wrote the 1921 book of the same name on which the film was based. .<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duppy<br />CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.com