It is also believed that the spirit jakhara protects crops and cattle.[193]
Māmo and Dādamo are also believed by some to be the guardian spirits of crops and cattle.[194]
A belief runs that if a cousin (father’s brother’s son) becomes a spirit after death, he proves beneficial to the cattle of his relatives.[195]
There are various ways of frightening crying children to silence, one of which is to invoke evil spirits.
When a child continues to cry for a long time, the mother says, “keep quiet, Bāghada has come.” “Oh Bāu, come and take away this child.” “Bābara, come here. Don’t come, my child is now silent.” “May Bāghada carry you away.” These exclamations are uttered in such a tone and with such gestures, that generally the child is at once frightened into silence.[196]
In addition to the spirits mentioned above, Bābaro, Chudda, Dākana, Satarsingo and other spirits are also invoked to frighten a weeping child to silence.[197]
A Bāva or Bairāgi, a Fakir, a tiger, a dog, a cat or a rat are all presented to the child as objects of terror, and are called one after another to silence it.[198]