Guei, (Chinese: "ghost" or "demon")Wade-Giles romanization kuei, also spelled gui, in indigenous Chinese religion, a troublesome spirit that roams the world causing misfortune, illness, and death.
This supplemented "Dardasha," which also featured some lessons about social traditions, including the evil eye, the belief that envy can cause misfortune.
Namazu is considered one of the yo-kai, creatures of mythology and folklore causing misfortune and disasters.
Non-fulfilment of this procedure may lead to the spirit wandering restlessly and even causing misfortune to the family members as it expresses displeasure.
In the push-pull model, push factors refer to all forces in migrants' countries of origin that are not conducive to one's survival and development, such as wars, riots, natural disasters, environmental degradation, and other factors that cause misfortune to small groups and force people to leave their homes.
Most notably Candace is constantly frustrated in her efforts to "bust" her brothers throughout the series, and in rare cases Phineas has deliberately caused misfortune to others.
Lee captures this sense of dissolution that threatens Kim's moral compass - and his sense of regret when his own sense of vengeance backfires, causing misfortune to people he cares about.
Besides prayers and invocations, means of communication with the divine include the interpretation of dreams and especially the practice of lubuko (divination) to consult the will of the ancestors before any important decision or to know the causes of misfortune.
The Women Not Witches project endeavors to educate locals in remote communities about the natural causes of misfortune, and underscore to them that the killing of people accused of witchcraft is a criminal offence.
But 2011 has been a painful year for Sony, with much of its troubles caused by misfortune.
