A baker or bakruck is a dwarf ghost, ghost, dwarf or captain of Suriname. Half of the body is of meat, the other half of wood, and the being has a big head. A bakery is located at bridges, boilers and locks. Furthermore, they are located near large old trees and old houses. The baker turns his body with the wooden side to hard and sharp objects and he never feels pain because his wooden part is always hit by a stroke. The baker is never afraid because he's never alone. A baker has the gift of black magic.
The baker (and his family) works for people, the wrokobakroroe is a working spirit. If you do not have anything for them, they will kill you. If you want to get rid of them, you must give them an impossible assignment or guess their name. The baker is seen as a devilish naughty spirit.
The Herskovits couple calls a baker in Suriname Folk-lore Repelsteeltje; The story has great similarities with this fairy tale. Bakroe, whose name is guessed, is called Surinam's Akantiudu (Wood Lace). Also see
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