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were-tigers of Kongan and his powers; shamans |
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In Kongan is a real thibu who is also a were-tiger, Lem-ang, who is also gaonbura (c. p. 144). A time ago the Mohore of Merankong (an Ao) slept at night in the jungle between Tamlu and Namsang. Suddenly they saw a tiger and fired at him without hitting him. The tiger (172) ran away. When they came to Borjan they met Lem-ang and the first thing he said: "Why did you try to shoot me, I hardly could escape?" Lemang always knows in what village and what house illness is and if it is a man or a woman. He goes f.i. as tiger to Tamlu. When he is called to a sick man first his spirit goes to the man and feels on his chest and body where the illness is. |
