Bakwas
nature_spirit forest Kwakwaka'wakw single tradition · 1
Bakwas is one of the supernatural spirits of the Kwakwaka'wakw people of coastal British Columbia. He is often called "wild man of the woods." He eats ghost food out of cockle shells and tries to offer this to living humans who are stranded in the woods, in order to bring them over to the ghost world.
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- Dzunukwa
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“Bakwas (sometimes "bokwus", "bookwus "or "bukwis") is one of the supernatural spirits of the Kwakwaka'wakw people of coastal British Columbia. He is often called "wild man of the woods."”
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