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 SPIBITS VEBSUS SPIBIT& 229 to his followers spirits in which the sun-flower has been steeped. Some of these spirits poured out before the door keep away all evil spirita At the winter solstice a white sheep, a white horse and a white wild goose were killed^ and their blood mixed in the spirits which were drunk The king then, at a great distance, worshipped Heiahan (Black mountain), a veiy high mountain in the extreme north of the kingdom, and so sacred that it was approached only by sacrifice ; for there congregated the deceased ancestors of his majesty, and the spirits of all the dead Eitan.