Möitsäliuko (meaning Spirits of the Forest) is the general belief among the Kukatodic peoples of Yyl Möitsä. The people believe that the forest is home countless spirits that inhabit everything there is, the rocks, the trees, the waterfalls, and so on, who live and die like normal people. Though the specifics of the faith vary tribe to tribe, the common belief between them all is the reverence they show to wise crones, generally the oldest women in the village, who act as mediums between the material world and the spirit world.
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