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Uttar Pradesh
Gangetic plains traditions of pret, brahmadaitya, and cremation-ground lore.
Uttar Pradesh · Pan-Indian
Bhoot is the everyday word for ghost across much of North India—and the root of BhootKosh’s name.
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Uttar Pradesh · North India (pan-regional)
One of India’s most widely known female spirits, the Chudail appears in countless regional variants…
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Uttar Pradesh · Pan-Indian (mythological)
Pishachas are mythological beings of darkness and impurity later absorbed into broader Indian ghost…
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Uttar Pradesh · Pan-Indian (religious-cultural)
Preta names the restless or hungry departed—at the intersection of religion, ritual, and ghost belie…
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Uttar Pradesh · Pan-Indian (epic-mythological)
Rakshasas are epic-scale beings of Indic mythology, later echoing in folk vocabulary for terror.
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