Editing Chepi

{{Short description|Ghost or fairy in Narragansett mythology}}
{{for|the village in Iran|Chepi, Iran}}
'''Chepi''' is a [[ghost]] or [[fairy]] in the mythology of the [[Narragansett (tribe)|Narragansett tribe]] of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] from the [[Narragansett Bay]] region of [[Rhode Island]], [[Connecticut]], and eastern [[Massachusetts]]. Chepi is a spirit of the [[dead]] who shared knowledge with [[Medicine man|medicine people]] in [[dream]]s or visions. Chepi could be called upon by the "pawwaw" or medicine person, to destroy an enemy as an avenging entity.

==References==
*{{cite book|author=Donald Ricky|title=Encyclopedia of New Jersey Indians: Encyclopedia of Native Peoples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qP-7BxjLV-8C&pg=PA192|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09331-1|pages=192}}

[[Category:Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America]]
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[[Category:Rhode Island folklore]]