In Malawi a being called Chiruwi is believed to haunt lonely places in the forest, carrying an axe.

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In Malawi a being called Chiruwi is believed to haunt lonely places in the forest, carrying an axe. It has one eye, one arm, one leg, the other half of its body being made of wax. It challenges any person it meets to wrestle with it; if the person can overcome it then it offers to show them “many medicines” if they will let it go, and tells them the properties of the various trees and herbs. But if the person is thrown “they return no more to their village; they die.”
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