GIMOKODAN
The nether world of the Bagobo tribes of Mindanao in the Philippines, Gimokodan is surrounded by a dark river which is guarded by a huge woman, whose body is covered in nipples, and she suckles the spirit of infants before they pass on. The nether world itself is divided into two parts:the red section is reserved for those fallen in combat, while the white is like the world above, except that everything is reversed. Spirits go about at nights, in the daytime they turn into dew and rest in cupped leaves.
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