Ebu Gogo is a diminutive crypto-humanoids, probably a sort of Homo floresiensis. The legends relating to the Ebu Gogo were traditionally, according to the journal Nature attributed to monkeys...
The astonishing tale of the Ebu Gogo is a folk-adventure
based on the discovery of actual remains of real life “Hobbits” in
Indonesia.
The Ebu Gogo were said to walk awkwardly and could be heard to murmuring in their own language...
It is also said by the islanders that the Ebu Gogo can repeat what is said to them in parrot-like fashion.
The Nage people of the island have a folk legends of 'Ebu Gogo', hairy dwarf-like bipeds fond of stealing stuff (a trait which lead to them being wiped out)...
The women Ebu Gogo had extremely pendulous breasts, so long that they would throw them over their shoulders, which must have been quite a sight in full flight...
These legends are somewhat detailed and, like Hawaii's menehunes, Scandinavi's tomtar and dwarfs, they may represent a folk memory of the island's previous inhabitants who were supplanted by the current population.
Or, they may represent a supernatural understanding of the islanders' deceased ancestors, along the lines of the Taotao Mona of Guam.
However, no particular magic or mystical ability is attributed to the Ebu Gogo.
In one language of Central Flores, the name means "grandmother who eats anything" (or possibly "grandmother glutton") from the words ebu "grandmother" and gogo "(s)he who eats anything"....
The people of Flores believe that the Ebu Gogo were alive at the time of the arrival of Portuguese trading ships in the 17th century, and some hold that they still survive but are rarely seen...
Through the narrative and vivid descriptions, one becomes
completely absorbed into the Ebu Gogo saga of conflict, discovery, and survival...
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