bĕisać

The souls of those who have a violent death, returning from the hells to demand food from the living. Those who refuse to appease them are afflicted by all kind of evils. The Cambodians leave food for the bĕisać among the brushwood.

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References

Source

  • Leach, Maria, ed. (1984). Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. New York: HarperCollins.