Among the chiefdoms of the Northwest Coast, people believed which of the following with respect to man-eating spirits?
A) If a person's soul was lost, man-eating spirits could take possession of his or her body and inflict harm on the community.
B) Cannibalism helped prevent man-eating spirits from attacking the relatives of a recently deceased individual.
C) Witches could take animal form and consume people's spirits.
D) Shamans could ward off the power of man-eating spirits through ceremonies during which they used masks to enact the transformation from human to animal.
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