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Duppy is a Jamaican Patois word of Caribbean origin meaning ghost or spirit.〔(Jamaican Folklore | Duppy )〕 Much of Caribbean folklore revolves around duppies. Duppies are generally regarded as malevolent spirits.〔 They are said to mostly come out and haunt people at night, and people from around the islands claim to have seen them. The "Rolling Calf" (a scary creature said to have chains around its body),〔(Jamaica Folklore | Rollin Calf )〕 "Three footed horse", and "Old Higue"〔(Jamaican Folklore | Ol' Hige )〕 are examples of the more malicious spirits.
In many of the islands of the Lesser Antilles, duppies are known as ''jumbies''. Barbados also uses the word duppy and it holds the same meaning as it does in Jamaica.
==Origins==
Originating in Central Africa, the duppy is part of Bantu folklore. A duppy can be either the manifestation (in human or animal form) of the soul of a dead person, or a malevolent supernatural being. In Obeah, a person is believed to possess two souls — a good soul and an earthly soul. In death, the good soul goes to heaven to be judged by God, while the earthly spirit remains for three days in the coffin with the body, where it may escape if proper precautions are not taken, and appear as a duppy.〔
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