. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . 58.—Kare the Dog, Zaki the Lion, and Bultu the Hyaena. The last-named animal is driven off by the lion, while the dog barks at both inrear. * 59.—Baddo, Kadda, Dnbabi, and Sarikin Kabbi are water-jinns, thelast of whom is calling down the rain. Sarikin (iwari walks about with astick; he is silly through drink. Baba steals pots. THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST 385 His song is : Hap! Hap! ! Hap ! the dog. The dog of the Chief. There are several Spirits of the Waters2 which give theirvictims thirst, the sacrifice
. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . 58.—Kare the Dog, Zaki the Lion, and Bultu the Hyaena. The last-named animal is driven off by the lion, while the dog barks at both inrear. * 59.—Baddo, Kadda, Dnbabi, and Sarikin Kabbi are water-jinns, thelast of whom is calling down the rain. Sarikin (iwari walks about with astick; he is silly through drink. Baba steals pots. THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST 385 His song is : Hap! Hap! ! Hap ! the dog. The dog of the Chief. There are several Spirits of the Waters2 which give theirvictims thirst, the sacrifice being a pair of fowls colouredlike a hawk. All seem to be crocodiles except SarikinRaft, the chief, who is now classed amongst the Moham-medan spirits, though his prototype was once a pagan god. The next one in order of importance is Dodo Ibrahima,Sarikin Kabbi, or Ba-Kabbi (59), the son of Sarikin Ran,and he also has power over the rain—in the photographhe is calling it down. At the dance, he kneels down, and a calabash of water isbrought to him, which he noses.
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