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Overview

Taiki is glossed tentatively by Tremearne as the Bag. His attack is said to make a victim’s stomach swell and eventually burst unless stopped. The explanation gives him an aversion to iron: light beating with iron implements is claimed to drive him away. This is recorded as a historical ritual explanation, without treating the described action as effective medical treatment.

The performance begins with the mount lying down and rolling from side to side, then remaining on the back. Swelling is represented and the iron procedure follows; a deep breath, sneeze and departure conclude the sequence. Tremearne suggests that Taiki might be the Mai-Jan-Ruwa recorded in his earlier Hausa collection, but notes that the procedures differ. The possible correspondence remains an explicit comparison rather than a settled alias or a reason to combine every water spirit.

Swelling attributed to attackIron aversionRolling recumbent representation
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Origins & earliest records

A. J. N. Tremearne combines interviews and descriptions of bori performances with comparative interpretation. These selected notices do not consistently name individual speakers; printed attributes are distinguished from his conjectures.

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Records & interpretation

Complete selected notice in chapter XXIII, printed pp. 340; chapter read through its ending.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

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    The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa

    A. J. N. Tremearne, collector and colonial-era interpreter · 1914

    Chapter XXIII, printed pp. 340; complete attributed spirit notice and representation.

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References

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  1. Digitized historical ethnographic accountTremearne — TaikiResearch access: 2026-10-05

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