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The stems of the alangtin are good charms against the spirits of the dead, and are often worn concealed in the hair or hat.
There were two brothers, and one died. The other went to hunt and killed a deer. While he had it over the fire to singe, his dead brother's spirit came to him.[50] Then the man began to cut the meat into small pieces, and as fast as he cut it up, the spirit ate it; and as fast as he ate it, the meat came out of his anus. When the meat was almost Page 182all gone, the man became very much afraid and started to run, and the spirit chased him. When he ran where some alangtin grew, the spirit stopped and said, “If you had not gone to the alangtin, I would have eaten you also.”