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Some believe that the souls of persons meeting a violent death enter the order of such ghosts as Jinni, Mamo,…

Date of account: Published 1914
Source: Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat
Reference: Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat · selected passage 80
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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Some believe that the souls of persons meeting a violent death enter the order of such ghosts as Jinni, Mamo, etc

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Some believe that the souls of persons meeting a violent death enter the order of such ghosts as Jinni, Mamo, etc. For their emancipation shraddhas are performed by their descendants. At times these ghosts possess the persons of their nearest relatives, and through this medium declare their desires. If they express a desire to have a palio or pillar erected in their name, one is erected on the spot where they breathed their last. On this pillar is engraved a figure riding a horse, representing the deceased, which is besmeared with red lead or ochre. This representation is worshipped as a deity with offerings of frankincense, cocoanuts and lamps fed with ghi.

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