tawt kekeyuandemon, evil spirit, spirit being, evil one, seytan, an evil spirit/spirit-being. 'seytan' is the name of a large group of evil spirit-beings. ex. Meliwanan: a particular kind of evil spirit. Other kinds: Lenggam. Lit. "beings of the forest"."Sabab natu' si Juan neng mememewtismu, na ya megpupuasa sampay kaya ne nenginum et kelelangu, segwa' pegtendesen myu ga ya et ‘Pegselban et *mereraat.’...and you say, "He has been entered by a demon ( Mereraat )!" Lk 7:33.Sembatu ne si Maria, pegngeranen gasi et Magdalena, dut kenye nepeliwan pitung *mereraat neng diwata,Mary also called Magdalene, from whom seven *demons had been cast-out. Lk 8:3.Can be used to refer to Satan, or to his followers. The work of demons is to cause people to do evil, such as to break the social norms of the people. People can be entered by or controlled by demon(s). They normally don't know that demons were angels who were expelled from heaven along with Satan. 'Meliwanen' is just one class of bad spirits that the Pelawano must deal with daily (see World View information on "Powers That Be"). Some of the other less malign spirits are even thought to be good and helpful. However the 'meliwanan' are always evil, and the strongest.synmeliwanen2mereraatmeridi'siminlebtaw't kekeyuan2taw't kelingban2
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