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6 published entries
Uttarakhand · Uttarakhand
Bhootniya is an Uttarakhand female mountain spirit of forests and night paths.
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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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Punjab · Punjab (pan-North Indian)
Churail is the Punjabi and wider North Indian name for the chudail-type female spirit of roads and p…
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Madhya Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh
Hadal (Hadaal) is a Central Indian female spirit of wells, trees, and night roads—related in tone to…
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Kerala · Kerala
Mohini Yakshi is Kerala’s famous night-time spirit of lonely roads—beauty as lure, landscape as stag…
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West Bengal · West Bengal
Shakchunni is a Bengali female spirit associated with the figure of a married woman—part of a local…
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