protective spirit of a place
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The protective spirit of a place is a spirit that can cause problems for people if not appeased. Spirit houses are intended to provide a shelter for these spirits. Votive offerings are left at the spirit houses to propitiate the spirits.
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“A spirit house is a shrine to the protective spirit of a place that is found in the Southeast Asian countries of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. They are normally in the form of small roofed structure mounted on a pillar or a dais”
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