Spirits and Shades

  • J. H. M. C. Boelaars
Part of the Verhandelingen book series (VKIV, volume 92)

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.

Keywords

Bumed Child Village Head Human Shape Coconut Tree Tomorrow Morning 
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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1981

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  • J. H. M. C. Boelaars

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