Bahiravas are also semi-evil spirits guarding hidden treasures in our folk lore. A king would place his treasures in a deep pit dug in the ground and take a trusted servant, shows him the treasure and asks him if he would like to have it. When he says ‘yes’ king slashes his head! The servant who died with greed for the treasure would be reborn as a Bahirava and guards it till eternity!
Records of these treasures, their locations, contents and offerings needed to recover them are kept in ola-leaf books. Sometimes the offerings include human sacrifices to Bahirava! Biggest treasures require a sacrifice of ‘triple-first male’. First-born male child of a first-born male of a first-born male. A very rare child, but such were tightly guarded by parents for good reason!
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