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A spirit child is a Ghanaian term for a disabled child who is believed to possess magical powers that cause misfortune. [1] Disability in Ghana is greatly stigmatized and very often the only way considered socially acceptable to treat disabled children is to kill or exorcize them with the assistance of a witchdoctor .
Nicknamed “fairy stones” or “spirit babies,” clay babies, also spelled as one word, are known for their unusual shapes. Some look like fingers, puddles, animals, grapes, people or clouds.
The sounds of crying babies are said to be heard from the lake on certain nights, a reminder of the spirits believed to dwell beneath its surface. [6] In another Paiute tale from the Owens Valley in California, Water Babies are depicted as spirits inhabiting Owens Lake. In one story, a Water Baby confronts a giant who terrorizes the area.
In Billy Chan's 1987 Hong Kong film Yang Gui Zi (roughly translated as "feeding a child spirit", also known by its English title Crazy Spirit), a jewelry store owner, wishing to have an heir, travels from Hong Kong to Thailand to obtain a spirit baby from a Taoist master, who seals it in an amulet. The amulet, on its way to Hong Kong, gets lost ...
The tiyanak (also tianak or tianac [1] Tagalog:) is a vampiric creature in Philippine mythology that takes on the form of a toddler or baby. Although there are various types, it typically takes the form of a newborn baby and cries in the jungle to attract unwary travelers.
In its earliest known uses, the word is used for a changeling, the child of fairies or demons who has been substituted for a human baby. William of Auvergne, in his 13th-century work De Universo, wrote of "cambiones, from cambiti, that is 'having been exchanged '": the "sons of incubi demons". These false infants constantly wail for milk and ...
Image credits: amil “I think parents get embarrassed talking to their teens and pre-teens about where babies come from,” Vicky shared. “So they find it difficult to broach the subject.
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