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The Legend of Churel supposedly originated from Persia where they were described as being the spirits of women who died with "grossly unsatisfied desires". [4]In South-East Asia, the Churel is the ghost of a woman who either died during childbirth, while she was pregnant, or during the prescribed "period of impurity".
In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk (/ ˈ d ɪ b ə k /; Yiddish: דיבוק, from the Hebrew verb דָּבַק dāḇaq meaning 'adhere' or 'cling') is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. [1] It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being exorcised. [2 ...
Rākshasa (Sanskrit: राक्षस, IAST: rākṣasa, pronounced [raːkʂəsᵊ]; Pali: rakkhasa; lit. "preservers") [1] are a race of usually malevolent beings prominently featured in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Folk Islam.
The rakshasas are demonic beings from Hindu faith. Rakshasas are also called maneaters (Nri-chakshas, Kravyads). A female rakshasa is known as a Rakshasi. Brahmarakshasa are fierce demon spirits in Hindu faith. Krodhavasas are a race of rakshasas in the Mahabharata. The following are notable rakshasas: Akshayakumara was the youngest son of Ravana.
In an alternate mythology, Hayagriva refers to a demon who stole the Vedas and was slain by Vishnu in his Matsya (fish) avatar, a story presented in the Bhagavata Purana. [ 10 ] [ 12 ] In a third version, a mythology presented in medieval era Devi-Bhagavata Purana , Vishnu appears in a hybrid human-body, horse-headed form called Hiyagriva who ...
The Avestan term Aži Dahāka and the Middle Persian aždahāg are the source of the Middle Persian Manichaean demon of greed Až, [8] Old Armenian mythological figure Aždahak, Modern Persian 'aždehâ/aždahâ', (اژدها) Tajik Persian 'aždaho', (аждаҳо) Urdu 'aždahā' (اژدہا), as well as the Kurdish ejdîha (ئەژدیها ...
In Hindu mythology, Mada is a gigantic asura (demon) from the Hindu text, Mahabharata. It is created by sage Chyavana in response to the Ashvins returning his youth and vision. Mada's name (मद) means the intoxicator , his strength being feared by the king of devas , Indra .
Andhra Pradesh – The Sri Ranganatha Ramayanam was adapted by Gona Budda Reddy and is the Telugu version of the Ramayana between 1300 and 1310 CE. The Molla Ramayanamu was adapted by poet Molla. The most extensive work in Telugu is that of Sri Viswanadha Satyanarayana, called the Srimadramayana Kalpavrukshamu. This is a free re-telling of the ...