Aisha Qandicha

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Aicha Kandicha (Moroccan Arabic: عائشة قنديشة, romanized: ʿĀʾisha Qandīsha, referred to in some works as Qandisa) is a female mythological figure in Moroccan folklore. One of a number of folkloric characters who are similar to jinn but have distinct personalities, she is typically depicted as a beautiful young woman who has the legs of a hoofed animal such as a goat or camel and who lives near rivers, lakes and the sea and who can manipulate water by moving it or turning it to ice. Although descriptions of Aicha Kandicha vary from region to region in Morocco, she is generally believed to wear a cloak with provocative white clothing underneath and to use her beauty to seduce local men and then drive them mad or kill them. Aisha Qandicha is associated with the Hamadsha and Zār societies, who conduct rites to voluntarily seek spirit possession by her as well as other djinn.

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