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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.

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Vetala
๐Ÿฉธ Indian vampiric
IN
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Vetala

Vetala, the Hindu vampiric spirit that possesses corpses

Vetala is a vampiric spirit from Hindu mythology that inhabits corpses and possesses living bodies to torment humans.

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Churel
๐Ÿ‘ป Indian death omen
IN
NP
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Churel

The childbed dead who returns with her feet reversed

Spirit of a woman dead in childbirth who returns to exact payment for neglect, her feet turned backwards.

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