In a book entitled Vaitāla Pachisi it is described how a bhut lived on a banyan tree in Ujjain.[184]
It is related that in Rājkot a bhut called hunthia lived on a banyan tree.[185]
To the east of Kolki there is a tree called Jāla which is inhabited by a māmo. It is related that the māmo frightens persons passing by the tree. Near the school at Kolki there is a Pipal on which lives a sikotarun who frightens people passing along the road.[186]
Is is related that a māmo lived on a Khijado tree at the gate of the village Surel. He manifested himself, dressed in white garments, for a period of nearly ten years. Once he frightened several persons out of their senses. It is said that on his being propitiated with an offering of wheaten bread at his abode (the Khijado tree), these persons recovered their senses.[187]
The Habib-Vad or Habib’s banyan tree on the road leading from Māvaiya to Gondal is a favourite haunt of bhuts, who frighten and stupefy persons passing by that road.[188]
There is a step-well near Hāmpar under the jurisdiction of Dhrāngadhra which is the resort of a bhut. A Girāsia and his wife arrived here one day at midnight. The Girāsia tied his mare to a tree hard by, and went to the well to fetch water for the mare. On his return he found there a number of mares like his own tied to the trees. He therefore smelt their mouths to recognise which of them was his own, but in the flurry caused by the appearance of so many mares, his waist-cloth got entangled, and while mounting his mare he fell down, which frightened him so much that he exclaimed “I am overtaken (by a ghost)” and died.[189]
It is related that in the Chhāliāchok at Limbdi, no woman has yet succeeded in reciting a garabi (song) in honour of the goddess Mahākāli to the end, as a ghost which lives on the tamarind tree opposite the chok (square) is averse to its completion.
There is a house at Porbandar haunted by a ghost, in which none is able to reside.[190]
It is believed that only those trees, the wood of which cannot be used for sacrificial purposes, can be haunted by evil spirits. Such trees are the Khijado, the Bāval, the Kerādo and the tamarind.[191]
Kshetrapāl is believed to be the guardian spirit of fields and Suropuro and Māmado are believed to protect harvest and cattle.[192]