163:, Aicha Kandicha is only one of several female jinn with the given name Aicha, each of whom have different personalities. The Buffis believe her to wear black garments, have camel-like feet, cause pregnant women who see her to miscarry, and cause people she possesses to bray or bark like animals. Names that may be synonymous with Aicha Kandicha elsewhere—including "Spicy Aicha" (
152:. There is also general agreement that she preys upon young men, whom she entices with her beauty or by posing as their wives. More localized beliefs about Aicha Kandicha, such as those of the Beni Ahsen, include that she is afraid of steel knives and needles and has a husband (or male associate) known as Hammu Qayyu. In more southern regions of Morocco, including
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