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The voice of the Nishi is known as "Nishir Daak" (Call of the Night Spirit). An old superstition also claims that the Sleepwalking phenomenon is also caused by the Nishi. There is also a black magic ritual known as "Nishir Daak" in this ritual after midnight the tantrik walks throughout the area or village with a small pot like kolshi in hand ...
A superstition is "a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation" or "an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition."
Bengali mythology in a literal sense has been a derivative of Vedic mythology.It can refer to the historical legends and folk tales of West Bengal and Bangladesh.Given the historical Hindu and Buddhist presence in the region, characters from Vedic and Hindu mythology are present within Bengali literature.
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.
In the Sundarbans, superstition about angering water deities made it hard to get people to fence their ponds. In neighbouring Bangladesh, where drowning is the leading cause of death for children ...
Bangladeshi Folk Literature (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী লোক সাহিত্য) constitutes a considerable portion of Bengali literature.Though it was created by illiterate communities and passed down orally from one generation to another it tends to flourish Bengali literature.
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