BY TRADITION
South Asian folklore
2 records of South Asian folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.
BhūtaA broad South Asian name for a disembodied spirit or restless dead, often linked to violent death or incomplete funeral rites, yet also, in some regions, to honoured local deities and household guardians.ChurelA female revenant figure in varied South Asian traditions, often linked in stories to injury, injustice, or a death outside the expected order.
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