banshee(in Irish folklore) a female spirit whose wailing. So if you’re planning on an overnight trek, carry extra batteries for your flashlights and have a map that directs you to the nearest town!Īnd that’s my list of spookies you’ll run into in Kerala. supernatural: Supernatural creatures angelone of a class of spiritual beings attendant upon God. And as the traveller walks towards the light, the spirit would keep moving further, changing directions slowly so as to not arouse suspicion, till the unsuspecting traveller falls into a deep pit or gorge to meet a grizzly end. And the kollivaai pishachu would appear as a distant light to such unwary travellers. Instinct would drive anyone lost in a forest at night towards the closest source of light. They would appear in the form of a lit brazier or campfire. Their modus operandi is quite interesting.
This is a special breed of poltergeist that kills unsuspecting travellers who lose their way in dense forests. The yakshi is a truly scary spirit! As a child, I used to get shit scared listening to the story of the most famous Yakshi, Kalliyankaatu Neeli, and would make my parents accompany me for my midnight visit to the loo. The yakshi would then drink their blood and feast on their flesh and bones. They would seduce these men, have coitus, and then kill them. It is believed that they wait at abandoned temples ( Yakshikaavu) or paala tree to prey on unsuspecting bachelors who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths. Yakshis were pretty much the female version of Rakshassu, but are said to have an undying sexual urge. This category contains various creatures and beings known for being ethereal, mysterious, and often related to the dead or undead. They are usually deified in temples and prayed to for the protection of the region, and offerings are made regularly to appease them. And if the dead soul is that of a Brahmin, it would become a brahmarakshas, a being much more powerful than the ordinary rakshas because of the pious nature of the Brahmin. They would attack anyone and anything they see, devouring the flesh and leaving behind just its teeth and nails. Rakshas is a vampiric being (male) who roams the Earth seeking vengeance for his gruesome murder. But supposedly overcame because others were also present there. My grandpa himself says that he had an encounter with a so-called “Odiyan” in his prime. Hence, in the past, pregnant women were forbidden from going out after sunset.
It is said that they gained the ability to transfigure themselves by drinking a special concoction called pillathailam that they prepared using an unborn human fetus. When they turned into animals, the animal would have one body part missing, say a tail or a horn, etc. Spirits are considered to be the energy associated with a physical body that make us human.
0 kommentar(er)
