Head-Hunters About Themselves pp 239-251 | Cite as
Spirits and Shades
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Abstract
One form of dangerous power is personified in the ground spirit called jaqar in the Oba area and jaqanda in the Nambéōmön-dialect.1 In this story a child falls victim to the influence of a jaqar and dies. The story was told in Indonesian by the oldest men of the village of Monana in the Nambéōmön district.
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Bumed Child Village Head Human Shape Coconut Tree Tomorrow Morning
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