Knallañe

\bo{Cnallañe} \cf{un-mother} OS \sco{cna-} \cf{prefix denoting something that looks like something but isn't, usually with negative connotations} + \sco{lañe} \cf{mother}\\ \indent The Cnallañe is a type of evil spirit that when looked at, will resemble the viewer's mother. This is because the intention of the Cnallañe is to eat the conscious part of the human soul. To do this it must first make physical contact with a human and embrace the victim tightly to suffocate them to death. By suffocating the victim the bodies are left intact and unharmed which is how the Cnallañe needs its victims. In Sumric belief if a person dies and their body is not destroyed by injury or decay it is thought that the spirit lingers about it. The Cnalláñe takes advantage of this by not damaging the corpse allowing it to absorb the victim's spirit. Any victim who has the misfortune of falling to this demon will have to suffer an eternity more of feeling what the Cnalláñe feels, seeing what it sees as if with its own eye yet never being able to move a muscle. It is one of the most feared deaths to die of.\\

While the Cnallañe can take the appearance of the viewer's mother it can't mimic the voice or knowledge of the real mother for this spirit lacks the ability of language. So if a person sees his mother in an unexpected place he is wise to shout out to her, if she doesn't reply back then it's possible that she is a cnallañe. The demon will simply walk in a straight line with a slow and steady pace to its victim with it's sight fixed on its prey. Due to this it is considered very bad luck for women to walk directly to their children while making eye contact, they will always walk in zigzags or in curved lines, or in a straight line if needed with an averted gaze, often while muttering a random word under her breath as a sign that she can talk...unlike a cnallañe\\

While people whose mothers died will still see their mother when looking at a Cnallañe, people who have been disowned or abandoned, or whose mother died when they were infants will simply see thin air. Being blind to this demon is a great disadvantage so these people will likely tattoo themselves with the phrase \sco{Lañejusast} \cf{I, the one without a mother} written in the Rësyra script, often somewhere along the cheekbone or near the ear. This wards off the cnallañe. However if a person who has a mother gets this tattoo then it it believed that he will curse his own mother's spirit so doing so is discouraged.

Much to the disdain of humans the cnalláñe can't be killed, at most it can be stunned or trapped. As such it is not recommended to engage in hand-to-hand combat as one missed strike can lead you tumbling into its arms. Rather it is wise to run fast while firing projectiles such as arrows or stones. If possible it is recommended to retreat to a difficult to access area which requires a lot of effort to traverse, such as up a rocky mount or over a river. It is unwise to hide in a tree as the cnalláñe does not need rest, food or water and it could easily wait by the tree until you are forced to climb down, or die of thirst up there.