Note 16 — Chapter III · RELIGIOUS AND MAGICAL BELIEFS

Another belief in connection with pigs is that any person who cuts up a pig badly is liable to be punished. Mr Man states, on this subject, “Puluga never himself puts any one to death, but he objects so strongly to seeing a pig badly quartered and carved that he invariably points out those who offend him in this respect to a class of malevolent spirits called Čol, one of whom forthwith despatches the unfortunate individual16.”