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Kulja Sim Sim – a Hindi and Urdu phrase popularized in 1956 Bollywood film "Alibaba Aur 40 Chor" [6] [circular reference] Open sesame – used by the character Ali Baba in the English version of a tale from One Thousand and One Nights. [7] Ostagazuzulum – used by the title character, Wizbit, in the British Children's TV series Wizbit. [8]
Superstition in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی توهم پرستی) is widespread and many adverse events are attributed to the supernatural effect. [1] [2] Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc., that contradicts natural science. [3]
In the 16th century, Reginald Scot, a prominent critic of the witch trials, translated כָּשַׁף , φαρμακεία, and the Vulgate's Latin equivalent veneficos as all meaning 'poisoner', and on this basis, claimed that witch was an incorrect translation and poisoners were intended. [13]
New York dad Brian Pellor thinks his daughter Journey is pure magic, especially with the funny way she pronounces "bad witch."
The Legend of Churel supposedly originated from Persia where they were described as being the spirits of women who died with "grossly unsatisfied desires". [4]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".
Indian witch stories vary across the country; the north Indian states believe that the churel (which lives near graveyards or in forests) can change its form and lure young men, who they will kill if they have
“Joker: Folie à Deux” first premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 4, with the sequel receiving mixed reviews from critics who critiqued the thin plot and musical performances.
Chashm-e-Baddoor (Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means "far be the evil eye". [1]