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Ghosts and various supernatural entities form an integral part of the socio-cultural beliefs of both the Muslim and Hindu communities of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Fairy tales often use the concept of ghosts and references to paranormal activity are found amply in modern-day Bengali literature, cinema, radio and TV programmes.
Ichchhadhari Nag or Naagin is a mythical shape-shifting cobra in Indian folklore. Ailuranthropes (werecats), the weretiger - In India, the weretiger is often a dangerous sorcerer, portrayed as a menace to livestock, who might at any time turn to man-eating. These tales travelled through the rest of India and into Persia through travellers who ...
According to local folklore, the motorists have reported seeing the ghost of a young woman screaming. [8] Sina Hotel: Abandoned hotel situated in Agonda that is claimed to be haunted by the ghost of one of the owners. [9] Jakni Bandh: A temporary bridge connecting the village of Dramapur and the town of Navelim. According to a local legend ...
Leela Majumdar: Leela Majumdar wrote many ghost stories for children. Her ghost story collection features in her book Sob Bhuture. Manik Bandopadhyay: This literary legend of classic Bengali novels has also written many short-stories among which a few are horror stories, such as Holudpora, Chobir Bhoot etc.
In South-East Asia, the Churel is the ghost of a woman who either died during childbirth, while she was pregnant, or during the prescribed "period of impurity". The period of impurity is a common superstition in India where a woman is said to be impure during her period and the twelve days after she has given birth.
According to folklore in Maharashtra and the Konkan coast, Munjya is believed to be the ghosts of boys who died after this ceremony but before marriage, inhabiting peepal trees. Munjya's are described as restless bachelor ghosts who roam trees at night, possessing cleverness and multilingual abilities. While most Munjya's are not harmful, they ...
Old-timey New England may be the most haunted region in the American imagination, thanks in no small part to ghost stories such as Sleepy Hollow, the horror writings of H.P. Lovecraft, and the ...
The Ridgeway Ghost of Wisconsin Folklore, is believed to terrorize people along a 25-mile stretch of old mining road; Slag Pile Annie, a ghost said to appear as an elderly woman working in a remote and hard-to-access location in the former Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania