Forest spirits of the dead

Collective spirit-class (the forest dead) entered as a deity-class entry per the prompt's instruction that spirit-classes map to deity, explained here. Not an individual figure but the standard ethnographic category paired with the sea-spirits (jurua/juruwin). Sex varies (the dead of either sex). Term is a Latin transcription.

Domains

• spirits of the dead
• forest and jungle

Powers

• haunt the forest and afflict the living with sickness

Sources

• A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, The Andaman Islanders, Cambridge University Press, 1922