Note 117 — THE VAMPIRE’S SIXTH STORY. IN WHICH THREE MEN DISPUTE ABOUT A WOMAN.
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An incarnation of the third person of the Hindu Triad, or Triumvirate, Shiva the God of Destruction, the Indian Bacchus. The image has five faces, and each face has three eyes. In Bengal it is found in many villages, and the women warn their children not to touch it on pain of being killed.