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CENTER:&size(25){Ka Taro&br;};
地域・文化：アッサム・シュンテン
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富と財産についての女悪霊。
富と財産についての女悪霊。また、熱病における精神錯乱を引き起こす。
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参考資料 - [[資料/426]]:411
参考資料 - [[資料/426]]:411; [[資料/536]]:107-8
In the Jaintia Hills,
there is a peculiar superstition regarding a she devil, called
" ka Taroh" which is supposed to cause delirium in cases
of fever. When such cases occur, it is believed that " ka Taroh "
has caused them, and inquiries are made by means of breaking
eggs to find out in whose person the demon has obtained
a lodgment ; or sometimes the sick person is asked to reveal this.
When in either of these ways the name of the person possessed
by
" ka Taroh "
is known, the sick person is taken to the house
of the possessed, and ashes and bits of broken pots are cast into
the enclosure, after which, if the sick person recovers, the party
indicated is denounced as possessed by the demon ; but if the
patient dies, it is concluded that the person possessed has not
been properly ascertained. If people are satisfied that some
one is really possessed, they denounce the person, who is then
out-casted. The only way for him to regain his position
is to exorcise the demon by divesting himself of all his
property. He pulls down his house, burns the materials, his
clothes, and all his other worldly goods. Lands, flocks, and
herds are sold, the money realised by the sale being thrown
away: No one dares touch this money, for fear he should
become possessed by ka Taroh. It will be observed that, as
in the case of the Men, the demon is believed to follow the
property.
Mr. Jenkins, in his interesting little work on "Life and
Work in Khasia," gives a slightly different account of the
superstition, in that he states that it is the sick person who
is possessed by lea Taroh. The above belief is perhaps a
Synteng development of the Khasi Men superstition. In
the Jaintia Hills
" the small-pox
"
is believed to be a goddess,
and is reverenced accordingly.
