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It is said that the spirits of young children become _bhuts_ and those of grown-up people _bongas_ and those of pregnant women _churins_.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas
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When grown-up people die they become ancestral _bongas_ and sacrifices are offered to them at the Flower and Sohrai festivals; and when children die they become _bhuts_.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas
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Then the woman's eyes were opened and she saw spirits -- _bongas, bhuts, dains, churins_, and the souls of dead men; and the Jugi told her not to be afraid, but not to speak to them lest men should think her mad; then he took his leave, and she returned home.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas
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The spirits of married persons are supposed to live in streams, while trees afford a shelter to the souls of the unmarried, who become _bhuts_ or malignant spirits after death.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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These consist of _bhuts_ or spirits of the household, the sept, the village, and common deities, such as the earth and sun.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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