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Many folk stories feature murdered women reborn as vengeful yakshis, some of which are listed below. Aside from those mentioned below, yakshis are also featured in Malayatoor Ramakrishnan 's 1967 novel Yakshi , which describes their world as having a blue sun, carpets of crimson grass, streams of molten silver, and flowers made of sapphires ...
Kanjirottu Yakshi is a folkloric deity of South India. According to the myth, she was born into a Padamangalam family by name Mangalathu at Kanjiracode in Southern Travancore (now in Tamil Nadu ). Also known as Chiruthevi, she was a beautiful courtesan who had an intimate relationship with Raman Thampi, son of King Rama Varma and rival of ...
The yakshas of many Buddhist stories are ugly ogres, reborn in that form because of sins committed during their past lives as humans. [ 12 ] One such malevolent yaksha, Silesaloma, appears in the Jataka tales of the Pali Buddhist canon.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of Yakshas, a race of anthropomorphic spirits in Indian mythology. While many are malevolent, some are benevolent protectors of Dharma . Yakshas are male while Yakshis or Yakshinis are female.
Yakshi Kalliyankattu Neeli is a malevolent spirit/Yekshi who appears in Kerala folk songs, Villaticchan songs and folk tales of Travancore. [1] [2] Neely also appears in Marthandavarma, CV Raman Pillai's historical novel.
Section 13:19 describes sage Ashtavakra's expedition to this territory: The illustrious Ashtavakra set out on his journey. He proceeded more and more towards the north and at last reached the Himavat mountains peopled by Siddhas and Charanas arrived at the Himavat mountains, that foremost of Brahamanas then came upon the sacred river Vahuda whose waters produce great merit.
The Kuntilanak (Indonesian name), also called Pontianak (Malay name), or Yakshi (in Hinduism/ Hindu mythology) is a mythological creature in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It is similar to Langsuir in other Southeast Asia regions. The Kuntilanak usually takes the form of a pregnant woman who died during childbirth.
The Yaksha Prashna (IAST: yakṣa praśna), also known as the Dharma Baka Upakhyana (the Legend of the Virtuous Crane) or the Akshardhama, is the story of a question-and-answer dialogue between Yudhishthira and a yaksha in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.