Sickness, death, financial reverses, and even failed romances are often thought to result from spells cast by enemies or from a failure to appease dead ancestors.
Mara nyingi hufikiriwa kuwa magonjwa, kifo, matatizo ya kifedha, na hata mapenzi yasiyofanikiwa hutokana na uchawi unaofanywa na maadui au kushindwa kuwatuliza mababu waliokufa.