a type of evil spirit; demon.
This type of evil spirit is believed to have the power to take the appearance of one's near relatives and by this trick, entice
a person to go with it. The demon, which is thought to live in balete trees nunuk , also is believed to have the power to
distort one's senses, so that the tree looks like a house or insects appear as food. It is said not to have feet, but only
stumps.