The Five-Six Village Guardians

Santali more '5' + turui '6' + plural -ko; a collective spirit-class treated as deity. Sex unrecorded.

Domains

• guardianship
• disease and healing

Powers

• wards off epidemic and secures rain and welfare

Sources

• Troisi, J. (2000). Tribal Religion. Manohar.
• Culshaw, W.J. (1949). Tribal Heritage. Lutterworth.