- that the
Usikan can be
recognized by
having a dark
tongue or by
being born with teeth.
Unlike the
other types of "witches", the
power of the
Usikan is innate...
- dunganon, dalongdongan, busalian,
mamamarang (or mamalarang, barangan),
usikan (or osikan), paktolan, sigbinan, manughiwit, mamumuyag, mang-aawog (or mang-aawug...
- and kan. Usi is the
Yoruba for 'altar',
while 'kan'
literally means one.
Usikan later morphed into
Isinkan with
modern Yoruba's
preference for replacing...