Talk:Stonka

Source 1  ブルガリアに棲息する巨大な牝牛の怪物. ブロンズのような皮膚を持ち、その咆哮は大地を揺るがす. 牛の魔獣は、太古より雷雲の化身と考えられていた. その声が雷鳴を表し、疾走する姿は黒雲が大空を駆け抜ける姿を模しているのである.

Translation: ''An enormous cow monster inhabiting Bulgaria. Possessing skin like bronze, its roar shakes the ground. Beast cows were thought from ancient times to be the incarnations of thunderclouds. Their voices represented thunder, and their sprinting forms imitated the appearance of black clouds running through the sky. ''

This source, unfortunately, doesn't give any further information or citation and very loosely romanizes this as "Stoneca" which is undoubtedly incorrect, but the association with cumulonimbus could be another clue.

Source 2 かつてバルカン半島で暴れ回ったというひとつ目の牛の怪物. 雷鳴のような鳴き声で、稲妻のように速く走り、牧場を襲っては鋭い角で牛や馬を次々に突き殺して回ったという. 青銅製の皮に包まれており、弓矢くらいなら弾いてしまうとされる. また用心深い性格で、人間の姿が見える時は決して近づかず、罠も魔法の力で察知した. 馬の皮を被って化けた男が金の剣で突き刺し、ようやく倒すことができたという.

Translation:'' One-eyed cow monster said to have formerly rampaged around the Balkan Peninsula. With a cry like thunder, running as fast as lightning, it was said to go around killing cattle and horses by attacking them one after another with its sharp horn. It was wrapped in bronze skin, which would make arrows dull. Moreover, due to its wary disposition, it would never get close during the time when the forms of humans were visible and would sense traps with magic power. It is said that a man covered in a horse's skin stabbed it with a golden sword, and was finally able to bring it down.''

Again, same issue: no further sources or citations, but this does give us some more details about this legend. More to come later as I continue to hunt this down.

By the way, running "stonka" (стонка) through Google Translate (Bulgarian > English) gives us "ginkgo", so that's clearly off the table. Some maybe relevant Bulgarian vocabulary:


 * бронз (bronz) = bronze (adjectival form is бронзова bronzova or бронзово bronzovo)


 * буреносен облак (burenosen oblak) = thundercloud


 * чудовище (chudovishte) = monster

говеда (goveda) = cattle

 гръм (grum) = thunder

None of these remotely resemble "stonka". Will try again when I have some more time. The answers are out there, somewhere, just haven't found that somewhere yet.
 * мълния (mŭlniya) = lightning

- Miwasatoshi (talk) 13:07, July 31, 2017 (UTC)