"The palis (licker of feet) attacks a man when he
is asleep in the desert and licks the soles of his feet until it has drunk
all the man's blood. Once it was duped by two muleteers from Isfahan
who, when they were caught in the desert at night, slept foot to foot and
covered with the mantles. The palis circled around them in
vain and finally went away, saying: "I have explored 1,033 valleys, but I
have never seen a man with two heads."
Resource List - all entries are taken verbatim from
the original source:
"Persian Beliefs and Customs" by Henri Masse. HRAF
New Haven, ©1954.
|
