PILLI CHARMS. 



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Some five or six years ago, a man was killed by a wild hog, 

 while he was sitting near his own door in a distant part of Hewa- 

 gam Corle; and because this happened in broad daylight at his own 

 house, it was attributed to a Pilli caused by an enemy with the 

 assistance of some Cattadiya. 



Jeewang, Bandena, and Dehena Charms. 



Jeewang is the name of a particular class of charms, whose ob- 

 ject is to "bind" any demon in a certain manner to the will of a man, 

 so as to make him an obedient slave to the latter, whether he wishes 

 him to inflict sickness or to perform ordinary domestic work. In 

 all other charms a demon has only to execute a particular duty 

 on one particular occasion or during a certain length of time, and, 

 when that is done, he is free; but in Jeewang Charms the demon 

 becomes a perpetual slave, and ceases to be a free agent, as far as 

 the man, who has bound him, is concerned. The following are 

 the names of a few of these charms : — 

 1. Aacora Jeewama 



2. Mohanee Jeewama 



3. Irala Jeewama 



4. Oddiya Jeewama 



5. Bahirawa Jeewama 



6. Saraspalee Jeewama 



7. Aananda Bahirawa J eewama 



8. Mah a Bahirawa Jeewama 



9. Patthracali Jeewama 

 10. Hanuma Jeewama 



A demon, who is under the influence of these charms, is supposed 

 to be always in the company of the man, never being able to leave 

 him for a moment, or to disobey him in any thing, until the death 

 of the latter dissolve the bond. He travels with the man, sits 

 wherever he sits, waits near his bed when he sleeps, and is his con- 

 stant companion. He does every thing his master commands, whe- 

 ther it be the infliction of death, or drawing water from wells, or 

 repairing the garden fence, or removing heavy stones which had 

 resisted the united exertions of hundreds of men, or felling large 

 trees, or doing any thing else desired by his master. A man, who 



