Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Spirit name "Bali Penyalong" | Borneo | The beneficent supreme being who is never addressed without the slaughter of one or more pigs, and also that no domestic pig is ever slaughtered without being charged beforehand with some message or prayer to him, which its spirit may carry up to him. But the most important function of the pig is the giving of information as to the future course of events by means of the markings on its liverHe is also god of war. The Kenyahs, Borneo |
Spirit name "Barong" | Bali | The name of the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda. Bali |
Spirit name "Eme'mqut" | Koryak | Animistic spirit with cannibalistic tendencies. Koryak |
Spirit name "Sammael" | Cabalists | The chief of evil spirits, who is for ever gnashing his teeth over the damned. Next to him is Ashmedai. Cabalists |
Spirit name "Sylph" | Cabalists | A spirit of the air; so named by the Rosicrucians and Cabalists. |