. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . 246 THE B OF THE BORI BCany people think that a spirit leaves a footprint onashes likr that f ;i cock, and, although the If did Q01 tell me SO, I think th;it a similar belief explainsthe spur .it ea< h of Ghuls heels. or Nana Magajiya does not fit in with theforegoing. She is known to the Arabs as Um l£s Sibyan,and corresponds to the Lilitli of the Jews, whence OQX Lullaby (Lilla abi) to protect the child. In Tunis sheis said to have the body of a fowlwith, however, a chest like that of acamel, and a
. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . 246 THE B OF THE BORI BCany people think that a spirit leaves a footprint onashes likr that f ;i cock, and, although the If did Q01 tell me SO, I think th;it a similar belief explainsthe spur .it ea< h of Ghuls heels. or Nana Magajiya does not fit in with theforegoing. She is known to the Arabs as Um l£s Sibyan,and corresponds to the Lilitli of the Jews, whence OQX Lullaby (Lilla abi) to protect the child. In Tunis sheis said to have the body of a fowlwith, however, a chest like that of acamel, and a human face. Someconnect her with a bird which fliesabout at night calling warh-warh-warh, for if a child hears this it willdie, so anyone seeing or hearing thebird should make the sound tchlok-Fig. 15.—An Evil Bird tchlok-tchlok loudly until it has passed,that noise being effective against the evil say that she takes the form of an owl, and oneday in Tunis I met a party of boys with one of thesebirds which they had killed because it had beeni
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