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13 published entries
Delhi · Delhi
Aseer names a bound or captive spirit presence in Delhi folklore speech.
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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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West Bengal · Bengal and eastern India
The Brahmadaitya is a spirit often tied to ancient banyan trees and temple landscapes in eastern Ind…
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Haryana · Haryana
Dhola Kapdiya is a rural Haryana spirit tied to fields, paths, and night-time village lore.
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Punjab · Punjab
Jam is a Punjab rural spirit name linked to fields, wells, and village night lore.
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Haryana · Haryana (Jind region)
Jind names a Haryana regional ghost tradition tied to the Jind landscape and its settlements.
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Madhya Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh (also HR, PB, DL, UK, HP)
Masan (Masaan) is a cremation-ground spirit of North and Central India—feared, respected, and named…
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Madhya Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh
Mua is a rural Madhya Pradesh spirit associated with fields, paths, and night-time unease.
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Maharashtra · Maharashtra
Munjya is a Maharashtrian tree-spirit tied to the death of a boy after the sacred thread ceremony.
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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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Uttarakhand · Uttarakhand
Ranbhoot is the battlefield ghost of Uttarakhand—spirit of those who fell in hill wars and raids.
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Uttarakhand · Uttarakhand (also Himachal)
Said is a Himalayan spirit name found in Uttarakhand and Himachal folklore lists.
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Maharashtra · Pan-Indian (literary & folk)
The Vetala bridges literary Sanskrit tradition and popular ghost lore as a corpse-inhabiting spirit…
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