Note 124 — Chapter V · WORSHIP OF THE MALEVOLENT DEAD.
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Khavis has no head. His eyes are located in the chest. He is as tall as a cocoa-palm or bamboo. He roams about holding in one hand a weapon and in the other a lump of flesh. Those over whom his shadow falls are said to fall ill.124 His appearance is so terrible that a person who sees him for the first time is frightened to death.125 It is stated that he starts on his excursions after sun-set.126